Hot on the heals of last month's patch tick (Night Heron), along came another on Saturday evening. Yellow-legged Gull - a spanking adult...

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 ...

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...

On Thursday night we attempted to ring storm petrels for the very first time at Druridge. Having finally got the right sound equipment, so...

Summer birding can be at a bit slow at Druridge, both in terms of birds and birders, with most of the 'regulars' off hunting butterf...

A quick update from the patch. There have been up to five yellow wagtails on the Budge fields, none today, though evenings seem better. ...

I took today off work and spent most of it on the patch. I started the day birding the sunny edge of the bushes, seeing lots of warblers...

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...

The weekend began with an evening seawatch from the dunes. About 100 manx shearwaters /hour flew north, virtually a constant stream of them,...

A stroke of pure luck today scored me a new bird for the patch  - HONEY BUZZARD ! Here's the tale... I was at work and had to drive...

Here's a weekend round up from a mostly fog-bound Druridge. This shot of three mute swans flying south on Saturday morning nicely summ...

An evening visit to Druridge tonight started with a bit of a seawatch. It didn't look promising as I drove towards the patch, there was ...

A late evening visit to Druridge today, in fact it was nearly dark when I left but still 17 degrees C! It was muggy and misty and visibility...

I had the best weather of the week to do my territory mapping exercise yesterday morning, a lovely sunny morning.  No 'fawn yawns...

This morning started bright and sunny and I was up early to do the last but one territory mapping thingy. There was still plenty to record o...