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Just Common Birds

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Dec 062020

In these strange times of COVID19 lock-downs and Tier Systems in place, it is difficult for me to venture out of my comfort zone. In other-words, travel farther afield than ones home patch. I am very fortunate to live in a rural area and have plenty of places on my local doorstep to go birding. There are several good feeding stations at the moment. One in particular is very active and has given me a chance to test out the camera skills on small birds and in varying lighting conditions. Trialling my new Canon R6 against my Canon 5DmkIV. Both […]

2 Local Cattle Egrets

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Nov 212020

2 local Cattle Egrets were found in amongst a flock of Mute Swans feeding in a field between Willington and Repton early afternoon ( 21st Nov). Quite a rare bird for my area so worth paying them a visit. There was also a male Peregrine briefly over the area. This morning 2 Yellow-legged Gulls at Staunton Harold Res and a Little Egret at Foremark Res.

A Derbyshire Red-throated Diver

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Nov 102020

Any inland Diver is a rare find and usually one that is associated with the winter period. With Black-throated Diver now a very rare visitor to Derbyshire, last recorded in 2011 and Great Northern Diver now an annual visitor to my county, the Red-throated Diver in recent times seems to have gained second place status. There were at least two birds recorded in 2019. The discovery of one at St. Chad’s Water yesterday afternoon and still present today, (10th November 2020) was too good to miss. Although, due to a variety of work issues, I couldn’t get to see it […]

Arctic Wanderer In Derbyshire

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Oct 262020

A Grey Phalarope, a small wader species that breeds in the high arctic and winters at sea, was discovered on the River Wye in the middle of Bakewell, Derbyshire, of all places on the late morning of the 25th October 2020. Just goes to show that rare birds can be found anywhere, along with an element of luck. This bird was a first winter, so this years youngster. The young birds often get blown off course and turn-up inland, usually on a reservoir. They can be very confiding, as was the case with this bird. Totally oblivious to the presence […]

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