7th December

Nipped over to the village of Beeley, just north of Matlock in the Derbyshire Peak District where I had good views of the cracking 1st winter DUSKY THRUSH which has been showing well since it was identified from photographs at the weekend.    I saw it pretty much the second I arrived as it made its way slowly to the top of an apple tree before posing nicely for a couple of minutes before rocketing off over the village calling loudly.   I hung around for another hour or so but it only showed distantly in fields adjacent to the village and didn’t come back to the orchard.

Record shots only from me in the dull, Derbyshire conditions

Much better views of one - from Taiwan in February this year!