Firstly, apologies for the lack of blog updates. There just aren't enough hours in the day and when it is still light in the evenings I ...

I was seawatching from the dunes this morning when a message came through on the Whatsapp group to say that Tariq Farooqi was watching one, ...

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...

It's been a bit wintery this week. I managed a midweek excursion to the patch on Wednesday (one benefit of working at home), frosty gr...

I had a well-earned day of flexi-leave today and as the weather forecast looked good, I decided to put some nets up at Druridge. Despite con...

We had news of an interesting ringing recovery from the BTO this week. Back in late October, just before I headed off to Fuerteventura, I ...

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...

I'd been down to the patch for a couple of hours this morning before heading home via the Country Barn at Widdrington for a pasty. As I ...

Yesterday I spent pretty-much all of the daylight hours on the patch and what splendid daylight hours they were. Warm and sunny with light v...

I'm a bit gutted. Druridge was 'hotching' with warblers today, I should have had the nets up for a ringing session but I didn...

With the toon at home yesterday and a belated birthday night out on Friday, I only managed one visit to the patch this weekend and that was ...

January 1st I very rarely do any birding on New Years Day. Usually because of a severe hang-over or football or both. This New Years Day w...

Three things make me think it might be summer. 1) I saw my first swallows at Druridge today 2) Racing pigeons - loads of them passing thr...

Friday - my first CBC visit of 2011. I've decided to try to continue doing the territory mapping exercise adapted from the CBC methodolo...

Another coppicing session this morning, starting where we left off, just north of the Budge screen. Joined by Steve, the three of us made go...