Another cool morning witnessed the arrival of small numbers of thrushes and finches over Beeley Moor coming up the Cathole from Holymoorsid...

 Walking along the river towards Chatsworth this morning a heron sized bird flew past towards Beeley and I was surprised to see that it was ...

 Yesterday I had seen a juvenile Herring Gull with the Black-headed Gulls in Bakewell, which is a scarce bird locally, but hadn't got my...

Belated news of a juvenile Red-backed Shrike photographed (below) in a Bakewell Garden on 13th September confirms that migrant birds can, an...

 Having been abroad for almost a month it was good to get back to the moors yesterday and Chatsworth today. With another inversion, the day ...

 A nice surprise this morning when a Common Greenshank flew south down the river in front of Chatsworth House. Typically it was the distinct...

 I've been back to look at the gulls in the Elton Common area and yesterday they were on and around the Y-Not Festival site. Talking to ...

The breeding season is drawing to a close now and many birds have already departed their breeding sites. Wood Warblers and Pied Flycatchers ...

 A late afternoon visit to Beeley Moor proved better than expected when an adult female Hen Harrier flew across the moor from Fallinge to Ha...

 A male Whinchat held territory on Beeley Moor from late May in to June and I had hoped that it would breed, but despite several searches I ...

 The number of Lesser Black-backed Gulls has been steadily increasing in the recently mown cereal fields in the Elton Common area and today ...

 In the last few days I've seen a couple of broods of Tufted Ducks in the Bakewell area. Both looked to have 3 ducklings, at Bakewell Br...

 This year has been one of the best I can recall for Common Cuckoo records on the moors with as many as six males being present. I had wonde...

 A male Lesser Whitethroat, almost certainly one of a pair was singing between Winster and Birchover during the week. Although I see, or hea...

 At least one pair of Little Grebes have successfully hatched young on the River Lathkill. I usually have a couple of pairs at Chatsworth bu...