Having been to Middleton Moor several times recently it was a pleasant surprise yesterday to see that some gulls had returned. They disappe...

 During the winter period (November - February) I can usually hear Water Rails calling in the reedy areas at Long Meadows and the entrance t...

 June Oliver let me know that she had seen a drake Red-crested Pochard yesterday whilst walking in Lumbsdale. It's a bird I've never...

 During the past week there has been occasional reports of just two Hawfinch by the entrance to Willersley Castle in Cromford. During a thre...

 A female Ring-necked Duck was found at Carsington Water on 17th November but wasn't seen again until it was refound at the Millfields e...

I've made several visits to Middleton Moor recently in the hope of seeing something a little different and yesterday I was rewarded with...

 The persistent low cloud curtailed my trip to the moor this morning so I had a look around Darley Dale and was very surprised to see a pair...

I saw my first Brambling of the autumn on Monday (14th ) at Middleton Moor but since then I have seen several more. After a day of rain on W...

 My first Whooper Swan of the autumn dropped on to Middleton Moor this morning but didn't stay long before flying off to the west. Whoop...

Hot on the heels of Great White Egrets at Chatsworth and Middleton Moor, Pam and I came across another at Harthill Pond (New Dam) at Youlgra...

 A had a single Red Grouse on the Triangle yesterday and then saw two flying near Wraggs Quarry and I thni three birds is now the total for ...

 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...