Janet and I headed to the patch for some fresh air after work today. It was fresh n'all  - 13 degrees, it was sunny when we arrived and ...

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...

Today was the (meteorological) first day of winter and it felt like it. Mind, I think it's felt like winter for weeks. A cold and fros...

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 ...

For normal people, this is summer and will be until at least the August Bank Holiday. For Birdwatchers - it's Autumn. Migration has ...

As regular readers of this drivel/quality writing will know, I rarely get out birding on New years Day, in fact I don't normally surface...

So that was October.... It flew by - and now we're into November. Autumn is running out. I've been scanning the pressure charts al...

I managed two visits to the patch today - I love April when the days get longer.This morning I had quick wander through the dunes, looking f...

A few species added to the Druridge patch list tonight. I've been working all weekend so a late afternoon visit today was all I could ...

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...

Wind, dark days, conferences, football, hangovers, new chainsaw..... All added up to me doing my WeBS count a week later than when it shou...

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

Eleven and a half hours! That's how long I spent at Druridge today - unhealthy obsession? - probably! No bluetails for us, we had a fe...