Mark Cocker
Finding Wonder in the Living World
Tag: birding
Mimicry Among Derbyshire Redstarts
This month (Nov 2026) British Wildlife publish my paper on mimicry among Derbyshire common redstarts. This recording is from Monyash on 10 May 2025 and is featured in the piece. I reproduce the full recording here and attach the notes below which enable the… Continue Reading “Mimicry Among Derbyshire Redstarts”
song of stone
Last week a brilliant young naturalist found one of the few wood warblers to be recorded in our area. I wrote a Guardian diary for 7 July. However I thought you might like to hear what that bird sounded like, so here are 30… Continue Reading “song of stone”
Bohemian Waxwing: Europe’s bird-of-paradise
My winter has been crowned by a visitation of waxwings to Derbyshire that includes a congregation on the Monsal Trail near Bakewell of c360 birds, among the largest flocks ever recorded in the county. I have waited half a century to see even a… Continue Reading “Bohemian Waxwing: Europe’s bird-of-paradise”
