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 ...

Today was the longest day of the year - not for me, when I woke up at 4.30 it was tipping it down so I went back to bed. I was on the patc...

The weather forecast for yesterday (Saturday) wasn't conclusive as to what it would actually do, so we took the decision to try and ring...

My 500th blog post but I am gutted. I've just dipped a full patch tick - Mandarin Duck! After a busy day, I got down to Druridge aft...

Well, hardly any birds....Today first visit was mostly spent looking at anything other than birds. We started at the Budge screen this morni...