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Wildlife walks in the beautiful Peak District and beyond...

Seasonal guided wildlife walks in Derbyshire to see the best wildlife our fabulous county has to offer.

21/11/2024

Top day up at a snowy High Leas Farm looking for wintering birds - good numbers of Redwing & Blackbird feasting on the Holly Berries, Siskin & Redpoll in the Birches, a smart male Brambling, 14 Bullfinch, 4 Meadow Pipit, 2 Skylark over & 4 species of raptor included this lovely Kestrel 😍

20/11/2024

Stuck for a Christmas gift for a loved one or friend? Our gift vouchers are never off sale and are available for as little as £20 per person.

The perfect present for the nature lover in your life 🦌🦅🎄👇

https://www.naturalderbyshiretours.uk/guided-wildlife-walks-gift-vouchers-available/

19/11/2024

I frequently see various numbers quoted for the decline of Swifts, and it is not always clear what period is referred to.
So I dug out the UK numbers from https://www.bto.org/our-science/projects/breeding-bird-survey/latest-results/population-trend-graphs and produced the table below.

Alarmingly, the annual decline for the last 10 years is now nearly 7%

If this is true, with an official estimate of the number of pairs of Swifts in the UK in 2009 of 87,000 pairs, meaning 35,900 in 2023.
We are still losing 2492 pairs per year.

Of course, we know that the official population estimate is low - probably by a factor of 10 or more (see BB paper https://britishbirds.co.uk/journal/article/are-we-underestimating-uk-common-swift-population)

So we may be losing more like 25,000 pairs each year.

Do we put up that many nest boxes every year?

16/11/2024

A weekend away with friends in Malaga but managed a couple of hours urban birding this morning. At least 10 Cattle Egret were picking over the flood debris with a few Little Egret and Yellow Legged Gulls. Great to pick up several Black Redstart including a cracking singing male & a Serin was only my second ever. Lunch by the sea with the ever present Monk Parakeets for a backing track 😍 BirdLife International

12/11/2024

Our winter bird walks start at the end of this month with a stroll along the shores of Ladybower Reservoir to the Derwent Dam on Saturday 30th November - there are still 3 spaces available with more details below 👇

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10/11/2024

Lovely company for our last drop-in session of the autumn at High Leas this morning - small pulses of Woodies, a few Fieldfare + groups of Siskin & Chaffinch moving south with plenty of Redwing.

Great views of some of the farms numerous Bullfinches and Goldfinches too along with a confiding female Kestrel.

Plenty more to come at this fantastic regenerative farming project in the new year!

07/11/2024

A fantastic day with a few hours up at High Leas Farm this morning - with a huge influx of winter Thrushes taking place, some more great fungi with a fantastic looking Coral Fungus and two flushed Woodcock scared the life out of me 😅

This afternoon saw a lovely walk along the Cromford canal with Sue & Simon with some great views of more Thrushes, those charming Little Grebes putting on a display for us, a smart male Kestrel and a couple of late Common Pipistrelle at dusk 😍🦇

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!

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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!

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!

3 spaces remaining on our autumn bird walk at Carsington Water on Sunday 1st September - always plenty of interest with wildfowl, local scarcities like Willow Tit & Tree Sparrow with the chance of passage waders and passerines 👇 naturalderbyshiretours.uk/guided-nature-… This delightful Redshank entertained us on a walk here earlier in the year! 😍

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