Natural Derbyshire Tours

01/11/2024

November's newsletter from Natural Derbyshire Tours is now available 👇

https://www.naturalderbyshiretours.uk/november-newsletter-2/

26/10/2024

Last Red Deer walk of the year with a lovely group this morning & with the rut drawing to a close, it was a great way to sign off for 2024.

Some quality Deer sightings still with a few Stags still roaring, a skein of c30 Pink-Footed Geese NW, Stonechats, Ravens, Redwings, a hunting Kestrel & a pre-dawn Woodcock too!

23/10/2024

Our last planned Red Deer walk of the autumn is coming up on Saturday and we have 2 places available - we've had some great experiences this year so check out our upcoming walk page for more information and to book your space 👇

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21/10/2024

Winter is a great time to get out birding & we have 4 new bird walks available. Max 6 people per group and just £15 per person - a space on these easy, accessible walks would make great christmas gift! 👇

Sat 30th Nov - Ladybower Res. & Derwent Dam (3 spaces left)
Sat 14th December - Hawfinch & Crossbills (Fully Booked!)
Sun 19th Jan - Carsington Water (6 spaces)
Sun 9th Feb - Attenborough NR (6 spaces)

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15/10/2024

We had a great vis-mig session at High Leas on Sunday with c1700 Wood Pigeon moving, plenty of Redwing, a first record of Crossbill (3) for the farm, 3 Whooper Swan, Fieldfares, Skylarks and a first Brambling of the Autumn amongst the highlights!

Why not join us from 7.45am this Saturday for a FREE drop-in session and a look at the previous nights moth trap with Steve Thorpe

There is a bookable autumn bird walk later too! 👇

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11/10/2024

Had a few days away on Arran, what a fantastic place! - Some great wildlife, breathtaking scenery, brilliant walking and wonderful whisky (and the Northern Lights!). Here is a few pics from our week 😊

05/10/2024

Great 1st Red Deer walk of the autumn this morning with a lovely group - plenty of roaring & brilliant views of several Stags with Hinds. A Barn Owl on arrival, a showy Wheatear and good views of Stonechat, Kestrel & Red Grouse along with lots of Meadow Pipits and Skylarks about.

03/10/2024

If you've yet to visit the fantastic , a wonderful regenerative farming project near Matlock it's well worth a trip.

There is plenty happening on the 19th - moth trap, vis-mig drop in session and autumn bird walk so why not come and join us 🐦‍⬛👇

02/10/2024

October's newsletter from Natural Derbyshire Tours is now available 👇

https://www.naturalderbyshiretours.uk/october-newsletter-3/

01/10/2024

Looking forward to our first walk this Saturday - still 2 places available if you want to join us 🦌 👇

28/09/2024

Our group walk at Attenborough NR this morning was Heron-tastic with brilliant views of Great and Cattle Egrets & Grey Heron in wonderful conditions along with a bonus cream-crowned Marsh Harrier showing for us early on. Plenty of wonderful wildfowl & passerines on show too!

25/09/2024

Saturday 19th October 2024 - Join us for a bumper day of wildlife @ High Leas Farm with birds, moths & more birds!

A free to join vis-mig watchpoint and moth ID session (looking at the contents of the previous nights trap) followed by a bookable Autumn bird walk round this fab regenerative farming site.

For more information and to grab your ticket for the bird walk please follow the link below 👇

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24/09/2024

A couple of spaces left on this Saturdays walk at Attenborough NR - some good birds there recently with a Pectoral Sandpiper, Common Sand, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Ruff, Caspian Gull and Garganey - what will we find this weekend?

19/09/2024

Only a few spaces left on our popular Red Deer rut walks as follows:

Saturday 5th October - 2 spaces
Saturday 26th October - 1 space

Previous walks have also encountered hunting Merlin, Ring Ouzel, Wheatear, Whinchat and skeins of Pink Feet over! For more information and to grab one of the last spaces see below 👇

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17/09/2024

A wader packed walk up to Boulmer from Alnmouth today adding Grey Plover, Blackwit & Purple Sandpiper to the year list. Such a great spot for shorebirds with lots of Sanderling, Dunlin, Ringed Plover and Turnstone along with Barwit, Redshank & Curlew. A single, disgruntled Snipe and a Common Sandpiper were the suprise finds along the beach!

16/09/2024

Spending a few days in Northumberland - travelled up yesterday stopping off at Hadrians Wall for the first time in my 50 years! Enjoyed a damp walk in typical Pennine weather to visit the now infamous Sycamore(less) Gap - a fantastic area that looks great for Ring Ouzel and Wheatear in spring.

We are staying in Alnmouth which is just stunning (the fine weather helps 😀) with Brown Hares and Curlew feeding just behind our accommodation and we encountered 7 species of wader just walking to the pub yesterday evening.

A coastal 10 miler to Amble today tested the ankles - but added another 5 species of wader along with Sandwich Tern and Eider to the year list!

Here's a few pics

14/09/2024

Top walk with Jen & James at today & what a time for our 1st Whinchats (2) of the autumn to appear! We enjoyed brilliant views of the two busy birds flycatching in a favourite spot 😍.

It was a good day for raptors too with great views of hunting Peregrine & Kestrel, sparring Sparrowhawks & plenty of Common Buzzards. Around 25 Mandarins showed nicely at the lake along with Grey Wagtails and a patch tick Little Grebe ✅️

A fab walk in good company!

12/09/2024

We have 3 spaces on our autumn bird walk at Attenborough NR on Saturday 28th September.

An easy, accessible stroll through this popular and wonderful wetland looking for returning wildfowl, passage waders & migrating passerines. See below for details and to book 👇

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07/09/2024

07/09/2024

We're up and running at the Friends of Nottingham Road Cemetery - Derby open day - free to join nature walks at 11am & 1pm. Plenty to see and learn. One of our juv Sparrowhawks showing well already and Green Woodpecker, GS Woodpecker, RN Parakeet and a pulse of House Martins through!

04/09/2024

This saturday - come along and meet the Friends of Nottingham Road Cemetery - Derby and explore this wonderful space!

Free to join guided nature walks at 11am & 1pm (sign up on arrival).

02/09/2024

September's newsletter from Natural Derbyshire Tours is now available 👇

https://www.naturalderbyshiretours.uk/september-newsletter-2/

01/09/2024

Nice walk at Carsington today with a lovely couple of folks this morning - a misty autumn morning on arrival but some great species on view eventually with Pochard, Teal, Lapwing and Little and Great Crested Grebes showing well and a cracking adult Yellow Legged Gull was a lifer for them! No hoped for migrants on the dam wall but we did enjoy watching 3 juvenile Swallows being fed!

29/08/2024

Pop on down to the open day next weekend - plenty to see and do and I'll be leading a couple of free to join nature walks at 11am and 1pm (sign up on arrival).

2 weeks today. Cemetery Open day. Come and find out about the history of the cemetery and some of its interesting occupants.

Need help finding your ancestors graves? We can help.
Send us a direct message or just turn up on the day.

27/08/2024

Still 3 spaces left on our autumn bird walk at Carsington this Sunday - some great birds seen there of late including regular Osprey sightings, Arctic Terns and passage waders - what will we find this weekend? Come and join us to find out 👇