We've had another cold spell this week. We woke on Monday to find that there was a good couple of inches of snow covering everythin...

 I am on a days leave today. Using them up before the year end. Around 10 am I walked Peggy down to the small pond in the estate to see if t...

Sea Buckthorn A very Scandinavian looking Blackbird newly arrived. The day started off quite cool with a light grass frost in shad...

Took a flexi day off today and it just happened to coincide with one of the most glorious summer mornings we have had this year.  Met...

A day off after a Bank Holiday Monday is always a good thing. Today I met up with John and we headed north of the border, all 5 miles of it,...

Jack Snipe. What a glorious day Easter Sunday turned out to be. Being a Bank Holiday I met up with John at Warkworth an hour earlier tha...

Peregrine, top, mobbing Buzzard ( looks like a sea eagle in this pic!) Peregrine, top, over 4 Buzzards. Walked over the back field to...

The last two days have seen me 'net-less, mainly thanks to BT/ Yahoo!. Back in October this server became obsolete but I just persevered...

Day 10 of our freeze and this is the first day it hasn't snowed. It was cold and frosty with a nice clear blue sky. A lethargic, lonel...