After two days of almost continual rain the flooding around Darley Dale was as bad as I can recall in the past two decades with the roads c...

I'm pleased to report that the Whooper Swan is still in Bakewell, just north of Bakewell Bridge and looking healthy. It looks to be sett...

I was very surprised to see this juvenile Whooper Swan on the River Wye just north of Bakewell Bridge this afternoon. It's odd to see a ...

It's always exciting to start the New Year bird list. No surprises today but a sleeping Barn Owl and a skein of Pink-footed Geese flying...

As I posted my first post of 2020, on 14th January who could have predicted what lay ahead? By then I had heard of the Covid-19 infections i...

The article below has just been published in the 2019 Derbyshire Bird Report and, as a co-author, I thought it would be of interest to those...

I watched a nice party of Common Crossbills coming down to drink on Farley Moor today and for a change we had some sunshine. I've seen u...

A pair of Gadwall were the highlight of a very wet walk around Chatsworth yesterday. A scarce bird locally they can be seen in decent number...

I came across a Marsh Tit at Alport today, it was March when I last saw one and in the same area. Surely one of our rarest breeding birds lo...

 After an absence of 4 years a Great Grey Shrike was seen on Farley Moor in Matlock Forest yesterday. Fortunately for me it was still there ...

With mild, wet and overcast weather over the past couple of weeks there have been few birds of note but today Ken picked up 4 Whooper Swans ...

This morning I witnessed a huge movement of Common Woodpigeon flying south over the eastern edge of Beeley Moor towards Matlock. I had parke...

 After the excitement of the Grey Phalarope last Sunday it's been a much quieter, and wetter week. Still plenty of thrushes about and a ...

 A report of a Grey Phalarope in Bakewell took me completely by surprise this morning. I was just returning from a walk at Chatsworth when I...

My first Great White Egret in the Darley Dale area today. Despite increasing numbers in the south of the County with a record count of 6 at ...