Working at home is the 'new normal' for me. I was doing just that when I got a call from Alan Priest to say that Dave Elliott had ...

I thought about calling in to the patch this morning on my way to work, but I decided against it and went straight to the office. I'm at...

The undoubted ornithological highlight this week, possibly the year, was off-patch. A black-winged pratincole was found yesterday afternoon...

I was woken from an afternoon snooze by Tom Cadwallender on the phone, telling me there was a woodchat shrike at Druridge, before I could w...

At lunchtime today , I was sat in the Oddie hide with Graeme Bowman and Les Robson contemplating heading home to watch the Newcastle match a...

I should have spent this weekend at a wedding do in London, so all three visits to the patch and a 'County-tick' at Alnmouth were al...

I am struggling to keep up with blog posts at the moment and with a knackered lens I've got no nice photos to put on the blog either (I ...

A twitch took priority over my patch this morning, as I headed north, with what seemed like most of the other birders in the County to Holy ...