Rained-off from my gardening duties this afternoon, I was sat at home preparing a pub quiz when a message appeared on the grapevine from Jon...

A little flurry of migrants lifted my patch year-list to 100 species today. I was out on the patch for a short ringing session n Friday m...

Here's a quick catch-up from a longer than usual bank holiday weekend (I had today off work). I managed a few visits to the patch over t...

I was back on the patch today after my trip to Mallorca. Before I set off, I had envisaged returning to the patch to find wheatears, sand ...

Work and football conspired against me at the weekend, meaning only one visit to the patch. A few more migrants have arrived, including sing...

I couldn't help it, even though I will be at Bamburgh for work purposes tomorrow lunchtime, I had to go to see the black scoter . I co...

I managed a quick visit to Druridge this morning, it was a gloriously sunny morning, a real pleasure to be out. There was one highlight, a l...

Back from Dublin after seeing the mighty AC/DC, I'm in one piece but my wallet's not - jeees it's expensive over there, €6 for a...