I shouldn't have been at my desk writing a blog post this afternoon, I should've been in Bolonia near Tarifa in Spain, looking at vu...

Two things are usually guaranteed on New Years Day on the patch: 1) I will see a species that I didn't see in the previous year. Over ...

After what seems like weeks of non-stop rain, it finally dried up today... well almost, which was good as it WeBS count day and I was keen t...

This weekend saw my first visits to the patch this month. It was nice to catch up with ADMc on Friday morning at the Budge screen, it was ...

It's Sunday, it's wet, windy and cold. I'll not be heading to the patch today. A great day to catch up with things though, I...

Yes, I know that if you count the number of days, February is the shortest month. But for the patch watcher it always feels like a long mont...

Another new year, another year list begins on the patch. I sometimes wonder what is the point of a 'year list' - a date in the calen...

Maybe it is just because I have just come back from Cuba, but I thought this weekend felt more like winter than spring. Even on Friday, whic...

I'd been down to the patch for a couple of hours this morning before heading home via the Country Barn at Widdrington for a pasty. As I ...

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...

A quick visit to the patch last night to check the Budge fields for waders and garganey with no luck on the latter. There were a few wade...

I was back on the patch today after a three-week birding trip to Costa Rica. Not the most colourful of species, but clay-coloured thrush...

There appeared to be a 'mini-fall' of wheatears this morning at Druridge, I counted at least seven along about 200m of the dune fen...

At last a flurry of migrants. I was demolishing the last of my breakfast kipper when Dave Elliott tweeted to say he was watching was avoce...

Today was WeBS count day, but I didn't manage a particularly early start on the patch. There was plenty to count on the Budge fields ...

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...

It was still blowing a hooley today and as a result everything seemed to be a bit flighty at Druridge. I had a walk up to the Preceptory, ...

I finally managed to see the green-winged teal today, it turned up at Druridge whilst I was in Sri Lanka but I've missed it on two visit...

Despite having only been back in the country for less than three hours, despite having been travelling for over 30 hours with virtually no s...

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...