I spent most of time on the patch last weekend doing surveys.  On Saturday I did my second territory mapping visit, it was a few days late b...

Everyday is a schoolday, well today was certainly a schoolday for me.  Picture the scene... I arrive early at Druridge, the sun has just com...

It's felt more like October than August this week, the cloud, got or mizzle has hardly lifted and neither has the temperature. Sadly, de...

I squeezed a quick hours walk around the patch before work this morning, just up to the turning circle and south as far as the Budge screen ...

After a brief spell of northerly winds I thought I would chance my arm with a pre-work seawatch this morning. I've enjoyed my local loc...

Flaming June? It's been flaming May! It's just started to rain - the first for what seems like weeks. I felt the first drops on a...

I was back on the patch yesterday to do a belated WeBS count after returning from a birding trip to the Greek island of Lesvos in the early ...

Life has been pretty hectic lately, so much so I haven't been able to update my blog. Since the last post I finally caught up with a pat...

Finally there are enough leaves on the trees and bushes at Druridge to attempt a ringing session, with light winds and cloud first thing on ...