Apologies for the lack of posts recently, it's not that I've not been to the patch, I've been most days, there just hasn't b...

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...

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

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'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...

Ages ago I volunteered to do NEWS - or the BTO's Non Estuarine Waterbird Survey   and my section is the Hemscotthill Burn to Chibburn Mo...

As regular readers of this drivel/quality writing will know, I rarely get out birding on New years Day, in fact I don't normally surface...

I left it a bit late to squeeze another patch tick in this year but a long-billed dowitcher flying around the patch before heading back to i...

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...

Another busy weekend, but managing to squeeze in some quality birding at Druridge. The weekend started with a quick visit to the patch on...

The weekend began with an evening seawatch from the dunes. About 100 manx shearwaters /hour flew north, virtually a constant stream of them,...

After hearing that there has been a couple of pom skuas off Beadnell this afternoon (presumably Gary Stringer?) I decided a short seawatch a...

My 500th blog post but I am gutted. I've just dipped a full patch tick - Mandarin Duck! After a busy day, I got down to Druridge aft...