I was away for most of September returning on the 26th. The following day I went to Middleton Moor and watched what we believe is the first ...

I first saw this juvenile Great Crested Grebe in front of Chatsworth House on 6th August but didn't have mt camera with me so I was both...

 The first real signs of autumn wader passage getting underway today at Middleton Moor with Wood Sandpiper, Dunlin and 4 Ringed Plover. The ...

It's been fairly quiet the past couple of weeks but a Common Scoter at Middleton Moor this morning is my first for the site. It was ther...

Making regular visits to Middleton Moor paid off again yesterday with a superb adult Black-tailed Godwit. It was present when I arrived and ...

Black-tailed Godwits have been reported from several sites in Derbyshire during the past week but none locally as far as I know. I have made...

 Another call from Alan Stewardson, this time regarding an Osprey he had found perched in a tree by the river in Darley Dale.  I managed bri...

I heard a Quail calling from Screetham Lane last Wednesday (11th) and it was still present on Friday (13th). It was difficult to hear due to...

 A singing Reed Warbler by the river at Peak Rail was a great find this morning by Alan Stewardson. It's the first time either of us hav...

 I've been in Latvia at Kolka for the past 10 days so again catching up on local birds. A good passage of waders through Middleton with ...

 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...