Usually just referred to as Knot in the UK as it's the only Knot which regularly occurs here and the vast majority seen in Britain are ...

I spent yesterday morning at Middleton Moor and certainly felt that I had got my monies worth by the time I left! First thing, looking from ...

 I wasn't able to locate a Whinchat on Beeley Moor over the weekend.  I blame the cold and the wind but it didn't stop Dave Griffin ...

I was abroad for a month from late March so have spent the 10 days since I got home catching up on the common migrants that have arrived dur...

 A slightly disappointing week, I was expecting Wheatear and Sand Martin but the cold spell seems to have deterred the early migrants. A few...

 I was surprised to see a Red-legged Partridge at Youlgrave yesterday, my first in that area. It was by Conksbury Lane just to the north of ...

 A Chiffchaff in Darwin Forest this morning is my earliest record, seems strange to be talking about Spring at the end of February but there...

 A 3rd winter Caspian Gull hybrid type joined the Common and Lesser Black-backed Gulls at Middleton Moor this morning, the first I have seen...

 A surprise this morning to find a first winter Mediterranean Gull with the Black-headed Gulls at Bakewell Bridge. I check the gulls every t...

 I wasn't able to get out until early afternoon so decided to have a look at the gulls at Middleton Moor. I arrived at the hide at about...

 Carsington Water continues its amazing run of rare and scarce birds today with a second County record of Lesser Scaup. A female this time f...

 There were a couple of reports of a Ring-necked Parakeet visiting bird feeders on Northwood Lane during the week.  With feral populations i...

 The cold spell has resulted in a big influx of thrushes in to the valley with hundreds of Redwing and Blackbird feeding in areas with littl...

 Four Hawfinch have been reported several times over the last few days at St Helen's Church but increased to six this morning. They feed...

 Decent views of Hawfinch in St Helen's Churchyard this morning, Simon had two fly in just before I got there and one bird sat for 5 min...