October is now over with only a single post on the blog. This might be because this may be one of the poorest autumns birding I can r...

 A quick catch up of April so far . Since the last general post a few more migrants have appeared locally. On 6th a very early Willow ...

That's the first week of March over and last night was the coldest of the year so far. Our thermometer showed -3.9 degrees at 06.25...

 Out and about yesterday seemed pretty much standard fare with one or two bits of interest thrown in. Lets begin with the moth trapping. For...

  Seawatching gets me a bit fired up. So much so that I forget to take any photos for the blog so here is another naked post... Before the s...

We are getting a lot of 'seawatching weather' recently. Some years we hardly get a day with a northerly. However, not all northerlie...

At this time there is nothing like a short sharp spell of cold weather to give the Local Patch list and the patch lister a good shake up. ...

This weekend's update is only a Sunday show. On Saturday I went to Newcastle, to theGreat North Museum Hancock for the ERIC ( Environmen...

As John was busy this morning, I spent the time combing both north and south ends of the patch for a possible migrant or two. I was ho...

What a great surprise when Gary called me yesterday to tell me that there was a Myrtle Warbler in Co Durham and he had just seen it! The...