The wind moved into the west which brought an end to exciting seawatches. It's since turned south-s'easterly which can be good for V...

Spring is coming to Druridge, but slowly. A prolonged spell of wintery weather with very cold, frosty nights and cold but dry days seems to ...

I've been trying to get out for a walk on the patch every morning before work and mostly succeeding. The problem is that dawn is getting...

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...

 The latter part of the week was dominated by very strong northerly winds - and that  means seawatching. The wind really picked up on Thursd...

I popped down to the patch this evening after a full day on the allotment and thought I would try a bit of viz-migging for an hour. Common c...

Only one visit to the patch this weekend - Saturday was spent watching the Toon get three points, too little, too late I fear. So today wa...

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...

Friday 22nd Finally caught up with the very mobile spoonbill (118) which was fast asleep on the Budge fields also managed to nail for cert...

Strong westerly winds dominated the weekend's weather, not conducive to good autumn birding. A slow start on Saturday morning following ...

A couple of days of work as given rise to the opportunity to do some ringing at Druridge. On Sunday the wind was in the west, so I decided...

The weather today has been very odd for the time of year. It felt almost winter-like at times, then in a sheltered, sunny spot, more like ho...