In July last year I took this photo in Ramsley Reservoir. I was told it was a lamprey as no one could think what else it could be! If you have any ideas then please let me know. Email me … Continue reading
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Most people I have spoken to are surprised that adders start to emerge from hibernation in February, but emerge this month they do! Last year friends of mine were photographing adders with snowdrifts in the background. They are hardy creatures … Continue reading
I am sure this winter has been windier than normal! To back up this theory I attach a few photos of a wire fence just off Sheffield Road. The sheer power of the wind blasting Big Moor up here has … Continue reading
Not quite on Big Moor but the starlings above Stoney Middleton on Middleton Moor have been amazing. I have been 5 times so far to see them and no doubt will go again before they disperse in March. Here is … Continue reading
Traffic thunders along Sheffield Road within 50 yards of the Bar Brook in an area where the stream is at its most picturesque. Over the years I have taken countless shots of the stream in flood, the waterfalls and the … Continue reading
This is a bit of a departure for me as this topic is not about Big Moor and is not even in Derbyshire! Nottinghamshire had a recent visit from a hoopoe which is a rare sight anywhere in the UK. … Continue reading
This is not Chatsworth or Richmond Park. Here on Big Moor we have genuine wild red deer with a stare that can go right through you and antlers which could do the same! In all the years I have … Continue reading
Deer are forming groups all over the Moor now and as a result some are being seen in unusual places. The first 2 photographs below were not taken on Stoke Flat but were taken from the Owler Bar – Longshaw … Continue reading
Several reports from around the Moors are all saying that this year’s rut is under way albeit in a sedate form so far. To check the current situation I went onto Stoke Flat – under White Edge. Yes there were … Continue reading
No idea what any of them are but they all look suspicious to me. … Continue reading