My first Willow Warbler today, singing in the plantation at Farley Moor. I can't recall seeing one in March before although I usually e...

 Managed to find it this morning and still on Screetham Lane. Northern Wheatear  - male

 An Osprey flew up the River Derwent towards Rowsley, from Churchtown this afternoon and the first Northern Wheatear was seen on Screetham L...

 My first Sand Martins of the year with at least 7 at Chatsworth this afternoon. I was also pleased to see the the pair of Oystercatchers ar...

I saw the Great Grey Shrike again this afternoon, still on Bonsall Moor. Can't be long now until it departs I think.  Great Grey Shrike

 Most months I read the Bulletin of the Derbyshire Ornithological Society which includes a summary of sightings in the County during the pri...

 My first Chiffchaff of the year, by the river at Rowsley this morning. Not in song but calling regularly.  Simon had the first singing bird...

Three Oystercatcher in Shinning Bank Quarry, Rowsley were a surprise this morning. It appears from the nocturnal monitoring of bird calls un...

 A flock of 6 Golden Plover on fields at the edge of the moor this morning are the first I've seen since the snow moved of the birds tha...

Nice views of a male Merlin this morning. Any day that you see a Merlin is a good day in my book and, sadly, the sightings have become less ...

Spring could be just around the corner with the first returning Curlew on the moor this morning and what I assume was the same bird later th...

2017 In June 2017 I received  a message from Ken Smith to say he had had a Woodlark singing in Matlock Forest. We had often talked about the...

In a repeat of my post for 1st December, today I saw both Marsh and Willow Tits again on the same day. The Willow Tit was again on Flash Lan...

An unexpected movement of Whoopers Swans and Pink-footed Geese of the last couple of days. This morning 38 Whooper Swans flew NW up the vall...

 A bit more snow fell overnight but the forecast is for more in the next 24 hrs. There was very little in the valley bottom but 2 or 3cm was...