Twists of fate led to a full-fat patch tick on Friday. Firstly - I wouldn't have normally been at Druridge on a Friday lunchtime. I'...

Tradition dictates that on the 1st January each year (or my first visit to the patch) I see a species that I didn't see in the previous ...

Well that's 2020 over and done with. Whilst it's been a awful year for most people due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic it's ...

A goose for Christmas? Why not? Two days late - but that doesn't matter. With my patch year-list perilously close to 180, Janet and I se...

They came from the north... No, not the birds, the birdwatchers. I gave a talk about my Druridge patch to the north Northumberland Bird Cl...

I've got lots of things going on at the minute so I am finding difficult too get our birding never mind finding time to update my blog. ...

I only managed two very brief visits to the patch this weekend. Unfavourable winds and yesterday mornings rain meant I had the chance to cat...

My decision to take a day off work after a look a the weather forecast paid off today. No patch-ticks, but a yellow-browed warbler and a big...

I've managed two visits to the patch over the weekend. Incredibly we've not ringed at Druridge this year yet, the late-start of summ...