First, an apology for the lack of blog activity. I decided, as Microsoft had stopped supporting Windows XP, that I should upgrade to Windows...

The tides at the moment are big springs, the biggest of the summer at 5.2m. High tide this evening was at about 18.30 and it was so high up ...

The weather forecast for yesterday (Saturday) wasn't conclusive as to what it would actually do, so we took the decision to try and ring...

I had an early start at Druridge today, followed by a late(ish) visit tonight. We decided to put some nets up today and put them up early ...

Yesterday was a truly inspirational day. I spent the day walking from Hull to Hornsea accompanying a friend and colleague of Janet's, Ro...

I've been really busy lately, leaving little time to blog. Barn owls have kept me busy, checking boxes and ringing pullus. It's be...

Ringing has dominated my weekend so there has been little time to get out onto the patch. On Friday evening I was trying to catch little ter...