The forecast didn't look too promising for this weekend and I felt like autumn was slipping away without a final finale. However, on Thu...

Several strokes of luck led to a full-fat patch tick today  -   Pallas's leaf warbler Firstly  - I decided to take today off work today ...

Today had promise. A northerly moving into the east yesterday evening with heavy rain overnight and it's October - Janet and I were on t...

Everyday is a schoolday, well today was certainly a schoolday for me.  Picture the scene... I arrive early at Druridge, the sun has just com...

We were ringing birds at Druridge this morning.  It was the same day as the North-East Skinny Dip at the Country Park and we had the dippers...

I've been away from the patch for the last couple of weeks on my near-annual migration to Tarifa in southern Spain to witness the specta...

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...

2016 has been a record-breaking year on the patch - I have seen more species on  the patch in 2016 than any previous year. Sundays hen har...