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  1. M

    Cromford Canal, Derbyshire

    Had a chance to visit to the canal today. Fairly quiet though heard Chiffchaff, green and g.spot woodpecker around 4 grey wags at high peak around the shop area and 3 pairs of little grebe too.
  2. M

    Cromford Canal, Derbyshire

    Nice vole Steph. Not been up for the canal for a long while. The last two times we went we got good views towards the derwent hotel end, its the area where the canal widens and has all the reeds and then narrows under a bridge.
  3. M

    Cromford Canal, Derbyshire

    Hi Clive, thanks for posting the info about the footpath closure, not been up for a while so didn't know.
  4. M

    Cromford Canal, Derbyshire

    Got another visit down the canal today, it was bitterly cold! Walked from the wharf to high peak junction, certainly a good number of coots, 2 of which were on nests. Little Grebe totalled 10, with 2 birds on nests, 1 of which is fairly close to the footpath, and the other has decided to build...
  5. M

    Cromford Canal, Derbyshire

    Popped up to cromford earlier, we parked at The Derwent Hotel end and walked up to High Peak, there were 4 water voles between those 2 points. Around 6 chiffchaff singing away, a few goldcrest and 4 pairs of bullfinch as well. Great spotted calling, also heard Green Woody near to Gregory's...
  6. M

    Cromford Canal, Derbyshire

    its certainly more coots than i have seen before, i didnt do an exact count but 15 or so, never seen that many down there.
  7. M

    Cromford Canal, Derbyshire

    very quiet down the canal today, not many birds singing at all. Started off with nuthatch calling in the large tree in the car park next to the canal, a flock of around 20 or so birds which were mostly blue tits were flitting around near the bridge opposite the cricket pitch, also in those...
  8. M

    Cromford Canal, Derbyshire

    A superb afternoon down the canal yesterday, Walked from the wharf down to high peak junction and then a little further, but didnt get to gregory's tunnel. Started off with a nice surprise, very faintly singing and hard to hear over the flapping mallards was a GARDEN WARBLER, my 1st of the yr...
  9. M

    Cromford Canal, Derbyshire

    No not that far down, its the small bridge that crosses into the meadow from the first wood, and its on the main towpath.
  10. M

    Cromford Canal, Derbyshire

    Hi Clive, its a stunning flower, (Adoxa moschatellina) so easy to miss as its really tiny, here is a (not brilliant) pic of it, want to get back back and photograph it better, light was dim and horrible and it was windy.... You will find it on the path on the left hand side, almost directly...
  11. M

    Cromford Canal, Derbyshire

    Had a walk down the canal yesterday, wharf to high peak and back, nice to see the little grebes building nests, i wasnt sure but there might have been one sitting on eggs, i just got a breif glimpse of something white as the bird pulled some more vegetation into its nest, about 12 chiffchaffs on...
  12. M

    Cromford Canal, Derbyshire

    a very good day by the look of things, glad to see the tufteds have got young.
  13. M

    Cromford Canal, Derbyshire

    Thanks clive, didnt actually get that far last time. Will have a look for the snakes next time i get to go.
  14. M

    Cromford Canal, Derbyshire

    hi clive, where did you see the banded demoiselle? they eluded me when i was there last.
  15. M

    Cromford Canal, Derbyshire

    had a walk down the canal this afternoon/evening. At the start there were 2 female tufted ducks, but no sign of the male anywhere. As usual big numbers of mallards. Moorhens seemed to be doing well, esp 1 pair with 8 (quite) young chicks! Other birds including Great spotted woodpecker, only 1...
  16. M

    Cromford Canal, Derbyshire

    didnt actually see any water voles, heard a few distinc Water vole "plops" though, Butterflies were represented by small and large whites, there were a large number over the meadows, speckeled woods were lovely, Think i missed jay out on my previous post, there was one at the highpeak junction...
  17. M

    Cromford Canal, Derbyshire

    went down there yesterday afternoon, fairly quiet, started off with a very good number of jackdaws at the start of the canal, plenty of mallards, a few pairs of moorhen with young, it was great to see so many Little grebes, they have done incredibly well by the look of things, i actually forgot...
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