A new species for the patch this afternoon and quite unexpected  - Raven! The circumstances were quite fortuitous. I was on the patch for w...

You wait for ages for a blog post and two come along together ( or maybe not...) The ups and downs of ringing... A week past Tuesday, it...

We were doing more coppicing at Druridge this morning so had very little time for any birding. What we actually do is a cross between c...

Well my 2014 patch list got to off to a a start today with some good species for January amongst the common stuff. We did some coppicing, ...

We went to Druridge today, the last chance of the year to do some coppicing. I flooded the chainsaw and then it wouldn't start. Four...

I saw a Ross's Goose on the patch today. Can I add it to my Druridge patch list? The goose in question was first picked up lifting of...

Another coppicing session this morning, starting where we left off, just north of the Budge screen. Joined by Steve, the three of us made go...

This is my first, and probably last, blog post sent from my mobile phone. I downloaded the blogger app so thought i'd give it whirl. We...

The National Trust had a group of volunteer in coppicing the trees at Druridge recently. Well I say coppicing, to be honest its more like a ...