Mid April is the time of the year when our local Pied Flycatchers, little black and white jewels, arrive back in the Sessile Oak Woods of Derbyshire’s Peak District. Their arrival also coincides with other early spring migrants such as Redstart, Tree Pipit, Cuckoo, Northern Wheatear and Ring Ouzel and so often leads to a great mornings birding in my home county of Derbyshire, catching up on all these attractive birds. By the end of the morning and a trip onto the moors for Red Grouse, my year list has moved on to 186.
Pied Flycatcher – male – above 5 images of two different birds – Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
Stonechat – male – Derbyshire – Tony Davison©
