Today was the longest day of the year - not for me, when I woke up at 4.30 it was tipping it down so I went back to bed. I was on the patc...

Yesterday was supposed to be 'Blue Monday' - the gloomiest day of the year. Well, it was certainly gloomy when I arrived on the patc...

A quick visit to the patch last night to check the Budge fields for waders and garganey with no luck on the latter. There were a few wade...