The purple patch continued this morning with another new bird for the year.

Drakelow Nature Reserve Saturday 26th May 2018 0815-1630.

Butterfly transect day for me at Woodside Farm Nature Resreve today.

Drakelow reed warbler.

The 24th was a good day as amongst a large gathering of big Gulls once again we found a juvenile Iceland Gull.

Day two of north-easterly winds and once again the anticipation was not met with a result. Indeed they produced nothing but that doesn't mean it was a bad day.

An evening walk around the reserve produced 15 bird species.

Back garden swift sightings in Grindleford.

Common pipistrelle

Swifts flying around Millfield's car park at Carsington Water.