With the recent Covid19 Lockdown rules, it has been difficult to justify a visit to one of my favourite Derbyshire locations, Padley Woods. In recent weeks, however, the rules on Lockdown have been relaxed somewhat, making it more justifiable to venture out and make the trip.
A little late in the season really, as ideally a visit in late April or early May is more favourable, as the migrants are arriving at this time and staking out their territories.
Nevertheless, the majority of the site’s specialities were on offer, but sadly I only heard Wood Warbler. A very brief phrase of song and I failed to see Tree Pipit. Several Pied Flycatchers were at nest boxes feeding young. A Spotted Flycatcher showed well and I had a distant singing Redstart. Several Tree Creeper, a Grey Wagtail, Nuthatch and a Cuckoo on the moor, were further highlights, rounding off the mornings visit.
