The forecast today was for rain from about 9am. For once it was bang-on.  Janet and I walked the length of the patch and got back tot he car...

 I could be heading for a record year on the patch... Despite missing much of the spring due to COVID-19 restrictions  - effectively two mon...

The pace of migration and birding as tailed-off a little bit since last weekend when easterly winds brought some interesting passerines onto...

2016 has been a record-breaking year on the patch - I have seen more species on  the patch in 2016 than any previous year. Sundays hen har...

I've been down to the patch a couple of times post. No photos though, it's just been too dull. I had a nice dusk visit on 20th, it...

You get two sunny days in a row and every man and their dog(s) head for Druridge. It was like a bank holiday Monday in August this afternoon...

I took today off work on the strength of the weather forecast, hoping for a good fall of birds. There was fall, but it was pretty-much limit...