I succumbed and went to Holy Island yesterday to see the Brown Shrike that's been there for three days, we enjoyed good but distant view...

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...

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...

This weekend brought a change in the weather,  something more resembling the spring-like conditions we should be expecting. That-said there ...

The weather forecast for last weekend went a bit wrong, Sunday was forecast to be quite windy from the west  whilst Saturday was due to be c...

Today was the last ringing session for the year at Druridge, with no leaves left on the trees, it was time to pack up and close down the sit...

The northerly blow during the middle of last week brought some seabird action. I was at work on the Wednesday, so missed the main action, bu...

I took Friday off work so I had a nice long weekend to do some ringing and birding on the patch. Thursday An early morning, pre-work vis...

There is an interesting pre-amble in the latest issue British Birds to the rare bird report for 2012. The introductory text talks about chan...

The last day of September, Autumn is slipping away into winter and my year-list for the patch is well down on what it should be. On Wednes...

My first chance to catch up with the blog after a hectic weekend. With the prospect of 'fall conditions' for the end of last week,...

Not ideal weather conditions for birding today, but I had a day off and was starting to get cabin-fever after yesterdays rain kept me indoor...

Not much snow on the land today, but as I slid my way to Druridge today it was certainly snowing offshore from Cresswell. Dramatic snow ...