On Tuesday evening Janet and I wander up to the Preceptory and back. No new arrivals but at least 200 Sand Martins over the Budge Fields wit...

It's been really cold this week, with snow and ice dominating and a brisk easterly through to southerly wind making feel even colder. Co...

Flaming June? It's been flaming May! It's just started to rain - the first for what seems like weeks. I felt the first drops on a...

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...

The drake Baikal Teal that was found at East Chevington yesterday after it's brief trip up to Scotland from Hornsea Mere (where it'...

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 ...

I've got some really interesting news of a returning blackcap, but first a round-up of the weekend on the patch. On Friday evening the...

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...

I've been away, so here is a catch up from the weekend. It was to windy to put any nets up for ringing at the weekend, but we did mana...

After being away watching the toon in Southampton at the weekend, it was nice to get down to the patch this evening and catch up with the bl...

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...

Today was WeBS count day and it through up a couple of surprises. The first surprise was a black-tailed godwit amongst the curlews, a furt...

My alarm was set for 4.30 this morning, with a  plan to go ringing. I didn't even need to get out of bed to realise that ringing wasn...

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

The title of this post might increase my stats? The strong easterlies over the last few days combined with a huge tide on Saturda...

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 got lots of messages about garganey's at Druridge yesterday whilst I was cooped up in the back of a van for eight hours, with only 90 ...