Finally caught up with Essex Skipper at Whitesprings Plantation off Flash Lane today.  A bit like the inevitability of Red Kites breeding l...

The tenth record of the Waved Black moth was recorded today in Darley Dale. Unsurprisingly it was Simon Roddis who caught it, I say unsurpri...

A muck heap on the edge of Beeley Moor has proven to be a magnet for small insect feeding birds this week. As well as many Pied Wagtails I c...

There is a good showing of Common Valerian on Flash Lane and Whitesprings plantation at the moment. Historically the plants root was collect...

There are still several male Grasshopper Warblers delivering their distinctive reeling song around Beeley Moor. The Grasshopper Warbler is o...

I looked for the Marbled White at Clough Wood at the end of June which has been their usual emergence date since they first occurred there i...

Pleased to see a pair of Common Sandpiper are on territory at Chatsworth, the colour-ringed bird has gone now and one of the pair is perhap...

The recent influx of Painted Ladies has continued, I saw 5 last Saturday but over 20 today around Beeley Moor. They were most apparent on th...

I last trapped Blomer's Rivulet in 2011 in Halldale Wood which is very close to where I live. I have often thought there must be a chanc...

In addition to the Green-winged Orchids yesterday I saw a single Burnt Orchid which was only about 5cm high. Last year I visited the area in...

One of the rarest orchids to be found in Derbyshire I finally caught up with several examples of the Green-winged Orchid today in the Via Ge...

The Brimstone is a relatively common and widespread butterfly in the area, I see odd ones in the garden most years, but this is the first ti...

Saw my first Hobby yesterday, over Haddon Hall, then another today on Beeley Moor. Very distant but you can at least see what it is! It...

Finally found a returning Wood Warbler, singing this morning in Clough Wood. I've been checking the local woods regularly since reports ...

The Whimbrel are still present on the small holding at Alicehead today. Numbers increased to 6 three days ago but have been down to 5 the la...