May 032023
The old oak woodlands of the Derbyshire Peak District hold a variety of special birds that are summer visitors to Britain. Sadly, they are becoming increasingly scarce, so these habitats are of vital importance.
The Pied Flycatcher and Common Redstart are two migrants that arrive in late April, followed by Tree Pipit, Wood Warbler and Spotted Flycatcher later in May. The Wood Warbler is now by far the most scarce of these woodland birds.
I paid a visit to one of the most popular areas in the Peak, for Pied Flycatcher, on 30th April, and at least 8 birds were back on territories, along with a pair of Common Redstarts. I’ll pay a further visit here later in the spring, in the hope that Wood Warbler will be singing in the valley.
