Last week I was mostly seawatching . Well, since then, the wind has remained out of the north and I've continued to be 'mostly seawa...

After heavy rain and cold northeasterly winds on Friday/Saturday morning Janet and I went out to look for migrant passerines at Druridge on ...

The birds of note on the WeBS count this morning were both little - firstly Little Stint which was among the Dunlin flock, my second of the ...

A quick post-work visit to the patch this evening to catch up with Black-necked Grebe that had been reported on Druridge Pool earlier in the...

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 ...

Well...where to start? What a weekend  - on so many levels. It all started on Friday when I was just to about to get on the train at Wid...

The wind came right out of the north on Friday and through to today, bringing a blast of  proper winter weather after a spell of unseasonabl...

Friday 22nd Finally caught up with the very mobile spoonbill (118) which was fast asleep on the Budge fields also managed to nail for cert...

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

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...

I took today off work and spent most of it on the patch. I started the day birding the sunny edge of the bushes, seeing lots of warblers...

I should have spent this weekend at a wedding do in London, so all three visits to the patch and a 'County-tick' at Alnmouth were al...