Much to my own disgust - I ticked and ran today... John Todd found a White-rumped Sandpiper on the Budge fields mid-morning, I was at work ...

Janet and I headed to the patch for some fresh air after work today. It was fresh n'all  - 13 degrees, it was sunny when we arrived and ...

I did my WeBS count today. There was a very blustery SSW wind blowing which didn't make counting easy. A lot of birds were seeking she...

Not much to report this week. A couple of short visits to the patch produced little of note other than some rather smart summer-plumaged san...

I took Friday off work so I had a nice long weekend to do some ringing and birding on the patch. Thursday An early morning, pre-work vis...

I do like my notebooks and there is always something nice about finishing and old book and starting a new one. The first two birds written...

On Thursday night we attempted to ring storm petrels for the very first time at Druridge. Having finally got the right sound equipment, so...

It was a bit blowey today and I was putting off a visit to the patch, loitering about the house, when I got a message from Dave Elliott abou...

It felt a bit autumnal down at the patch today. There had been a small arrival of warblers I think, there were a few willow warblers and ...

Ton up at Druridge. Six new species today brings the Druridge year-list up to 100. Not bad considering I only managed a brief pre-work vis...

It felt a little bit more like Spring today. There was some warmth in the sun, if you were out of the cool wind coming off the sea and the t...

So, March is over. It still feels more like January and spring migration hasn't really started.  I had a quick wander about the p...

A couple of hours birding the bushes at Druridge tonight from 1800. A text message told me of a whinchat near the entrance, I soon found it...

At last some fresh meat at Druridge. Four new cows have arrived on the Budge Fields, just in the nick of time. They have joined the ponies...