On Monday night after work, I couldnt resist popping along the road to see if I could get the Surf Scoter while I was actually on patch, ra...

 So, January finished with my patch list standing at 87. This is about average or maybe a bit under. The best bird so far was the Great Nort...

 Caught up in the Bluethroat moment I forgot to blog about some other good patch birds seen recently.  When I say 'good' before...

 Alan Tilmouth suggested we do a 5km radius from home lockdown list this year which sounds good. For me it must nearly double my existi...

Well as 2019 draws to a close, its the time of year when we all summarise what has gone before and generally ponder what the coming year may...

There goes spring... For us in Northumberland it was quite dry but usually cold too. A few new birds were added to the patch list, but the...

For an April round up that is. As you may have read here before, Northumberland doesnt do spring like the southern counties. We often just ...

Since the February summary one or two predicted list additions have appeared on site. My partner in crime from Surrey, Steve Gale is going g...

As the month of February draws to a close, its time to check the patch listing stats. February is always the worst month for birding on my...

The Howick - Craster Patch. Is there anyone out there? I'll rephrase that. Just because I haven't had a comment since about Augu...

After last nights meagre offerings of the pelagic kind, the wind got up overnight, so, I set the alarm to get me up early so I could catch a...

Since my last post I have managed to get in a few short seawatch sessions at Craster at the north end of my patch. There are a few ...

Buy a DSLR only to add a Toy camera effect filter! There is a cheaper option to this... Just back from a couple of hours seawatching fro...

Its a bit breezy out there. Today is the first time I've seen the patch in daylight since Tuesday, and remember, my house is in it. Th...

After my post the other day saying I was planning what to do in 2015, Mr Gale of Surrey threw down a gauntlet. He suggested a friendly co...