The recent heavy rains have caused flooding in some of the fields bordering the river Derwent and the Wye. Simon has been checking the area ...

Ken saw the first Chiffchaff of the year today at Rowsley which must be one of the earliest dates locally.  The first Curlew was seen on the...

With a clear sky for a change I spent most of the day in the hills and was rewarded with a superb Peregrine, which flew close past my viewpo...

There was not a flake of snow left on the A6 in Darley Dale this morning but just a 100m higher around Beeley Moor there was a good 6cm of f...

Although New Years Day started off overcast and very windy the sky partially cleared late morning and I had decent views of a Dipper feeding...

I am only aware of a single pair of Barn Owls on the edge of Beeley Moor, they successfully fledged two young this year and this is probably...

In the early autumn it looked like this was going to be a Waxwing winter with some large arrivals on the Scottish east coast and smaller flo...

During the autumn and winter earthworms are an important part of the Common Buzzards diet and they can be seen standing and walking, or even...

The number of Mandarin Duck decrease dramatically on the local rivers during the autumn. For example during my last couple of visits to Chat...

Whilst it remained misty and murky all day in the valley around Darley Dale the moors enjoyed blue skies for the morning but becoming overca...

The number of Brambling in the area has continued to increase, as have the places where I have seen them locally. Which now include the area...

I quite often see one or two Goosander on the river at Bakewell but ten this morning is a record count for me. Two males and a mix of adult ...

Todays star bird was a Hooded Crow picked up by Ken over Rowsley mid-morning which followed the Wye valley NE and was last seen over Haddon ...

Much cooler this morning and the first snow fall on Beeley, but not cold enough for it to settle. The cooler weather brought approximately 5...

I suspect this will be my last Small Copper of the year, sat in the sunshine on the edge of Beeley Moor yesterday, rather worn now.  Small...