Lockdown continues and March marches on towards April. I should've been on holiday in Fife this week, we had a cottage booked in Pittenw...

 With lockdown restrictions still in place, visits to my patch have been much less frequent than  I would like. I'm still getting out on...

It's been really cold this week, with snow and ice dominating and a brisk easterly through to southerly wind making feel even colder. Co...

There hasn't been a blog update for a while for two reasons; firstly, I've not managed to get down to the patch very much and second...

There's been good numbers of teal at Druridge since I got back from Taiwan and I've been scanning through them for green-winged teal...

Finally there are enough leaves on the trees and bushes at Druridge to attempt a ringing session, with light winds and cloud first thing on ...

I skidded my way to Druridge to do my WeBS count today, a couple of days late, but Sunday was pretty much a write-off (it was my birthday on...

Today was the last ringing session for the year at Druridge, with no leaves left on the trees, it was time to pack up and close down the sit...

Today was WeBS count day and it through up a couple of surprises. The first surprise was a black-tailed godwit amongst the curlews, a furt...

Today was WeBS count day and the WeBS count was about all I could manage. The wind from the south was biting and sleet threatened, it was gr...