For normal people, this is summer and will be until at least the August Bank Holiday. For Birdwatchers - it's Autumn. Migration has ...

We had news of an interesting ringing recovery from the BTO this week. Back in late October, just before I headed off to Fuerteventura, I ...

A little flurry of migrants lifted my patch year-list to 100 species today. I was out on the patch for a short ringing session n Friday m...

Re-roofing my outhouse has prevented any birding trips to the patch of late, so with the wind too strong to work up the ladder today and fro...

Today was the last ringing session for the year at Druridge, with no leaves left on the trees, it was time to pack up and close down the sit...

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...

A settled high pressure with westerly winds has meant that this weekend has been a lot more sedate than last weekend was. Sedate = boring....

As reports came in of a Fea's Petrel being tracked up the north-east coast this afternoon, I got twitchy and had to make a tricky decis...

Summer birding can be at a bit slow at Druridge, both in terms of birds and birders, with most of the 'regulars' off hunting butterf...

If I was a migrant wader, I would like the look of the Budge fields at the moment, the vegetation is a bit high, but they'll do. They...

I've been away with work, neglecting the patch somewhat. When I have been to Druridge, I've been keeping any eye on the scoter fl...

Today was WeBS count day, but I didn't manage a particularly early start on the patch. There was plenty to count on the Budge fields ...

I finally managed to see the green-winged teal today, it turned up at Druridge whilst I was in Sri Lanka but I've missed it on two visit...

Two brief visits to the patch today between chores. It was bright and cold today with brisk westerly wind, I tramped around the northern e...

We put some nets up on Saturday morning but ringing was very slow and by midday we hadn't reached double figures. We caught our first ...