In very murky conditions I had a look at Caudwells Mill this morning and was lucky to see a Water Rail. They are doing some repairs on the ...

 Having said last week that Little Egrets have remained scarce locally I've seen two in two days this week. The first bird was still at ...

 I check the Elton Common area for gulls fairly regularly but, even when the gulls are about, it's very hit and miss whether you can fin...

 Despite the dramatic increase in the number of Little Egrets recorded in the County it remains a scarce visitor to the Darley Dale area. So...

 With the snow and freezing temperatures over the last couple of days I didn't think it was a good idea to drive up on to the moor so I ...

 Very surprised this morning to find a Great Grey Shrike on Bonsall Moor. It's in the same area on Leys Lane as the bird present last wi...

 Finally, Fieldfare are arriving in numbers this morning. I saw my first Fieldfare of the autumn only on Tuesday, when 55 arrived in the Cat...

I've been lucky enough to see several decent movements of Pink-footed Geese this autumn, which is always something I luck forward to. In...

 I had a message from a friend this morning that Redwings were arriving on the east coast. A little later another message from just south of...

 Most autumns we get one or two days with decent movements of Pink-footed Geese over Beeley Moor. This year I thought they might have missed...

 I was pleased to see a small skein of 40 Pink-footed Geese crossing Beeley Moor this morning, I had thought they might have missed us this ...

 Checking the Mallards along the river at Chatsworth I was rewarded with my first Eurasian Wigeon of the autumn plus a single immature femal...

 I've been abroad in France for several weeks but before I left I checked several times on gull numbers around Elton Common/ Pike Hall a...

In the early hours of Sunday morning Simon recorded Arctic Terns calling as they flew over Darley Dale using his nocturnal audio recording s...

At around 11:30 this morning Ken picked up a large-winged bird flying towards him over Beeley Moor. His initial thoughts that this could be ...