The weather forecast today was for strong northerlies, become lighter as the day went on - which meant it could be good for seawatching. The...

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...

I've managed about an hour on the patch this weekend with a brief stop yesterday and a bit of wander today. I've been checking th...

I didn't get down to Druridge today, some of us have got proper jurbs.... Other birders did though, as an alert from Birdguides at lun...

Today was count day and there was lots to count. The Budge fields were lifting with birds. Lapwing were by far and away the most numerous sp...

I had a bit of a wander to the far flung ends of the patch today. After seeing twite and pied wag on the dunes to the south, my route took...

We were doing more coppicing at Druridge this morning so had very little time for any birding. What we actually do is a cross between c...

At lunchtime today , I was sat in the Oddie hide with Graeme Bowman and Les Robson contemplating heading home to watch the Newcastle match a...

Having only added one new species to patch list in November and the Patchwork Challenge coastal North mini-league hotting up at the to...

It felt a little bit more like Spring today. There was some warmth in the sun, if you were out of the cool wind coming off the sea and the t...

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...

Today was WeBS count day and the WeBS count was about all I could manage. The wind from the south was biting and sleet threatened, it was gr...

With the toon at home yesterday and a belated birthday night out on Friday, I only managed one visit to the patch this weekend and that was ...

A twitch took priority over my patch this morning, as I headed north, with what seemed like most of the other birders in the County to Holy ...