Yesterday evening a Swift flew S with some Swallows and House Martins over our house, while a Yellow Wagtail moved N. Isn't migration st...

Tuesday 23rd... This evening a walk down to the Howick Burn Mouth was quite pleasant. A large gull flock held a single juvenile Mediterran...

A migrant Tree Pipit, this one was on Holy Island a while back...  Not much from the Notebook action this week I'm afraid, thoug...

Have you noticed how many hoverflies are in your garden at the minute? Go and have a look. Tonight I spent half an hour looking at the thous...

Early this morning before work the sun shone a mellow light, glinting off the rain soaked grass. A Golden Plover , my first of the autumn, f...

It started to rain at about 11.30am on Saturday and it hasn't stopped yet. I've seen nothing whatsoever to post on here other than a...

For the birder anyway. August, tomorrow, heralds the start of the autumn migration season for me. On the local patch young warblers begi...

Before I start, Birdguides / Rare Bird Alert - Any bird reports on here are usually seen at Howick unless otherwise stated. Yesterdays repor...

After yesterdays good showing of Storm Petrels off various north east headlands I could only manage half an hour this evening after work, s...

Last nights northerly was still nagging this morning dropping overnight temperatures to 9 degrees. Nothing else for it, I'm off seawa...

I've removed my patch list from the side bar because it has just stopped working. I am unable to add to it. All that keeps coming up is ...

Last nights coastal stroll produced a few bits and pieces. A big frenzy of terns was offshore, a tad too far for the bins, but a few came cl...

Last nights stroll to the coast path found the cove filled with terns. Well, 30+ anyway, a not bad count for this rocky stretch. Mostly Arct...

This morning on my way to work, I was driving south, approaching the speed camera at Hadston when I saw a party of 4 birds flying towards me...

Mega alert the other day said Greater Yellowlegs, at some pool made of concrete. Now that woke me up. I missed the Solway bird a few years b...

Today myself and John took a short jaunt north over the border into Scotland. From home this was only a 50 minute drive and it was well wor...

Hello all this is an appeal, well to Northumbrians anyway. A few of you have texted me or emailed with details of Hummingbird Hawkmoths in...

After hearing that Mike Hodgson had a Hummingbird Hawkmoth in his garden the other day, I decided to keep an eye open at home. No joy on th...

Part I is on the moth blog, link on the right... Last week was spent on holiday on the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides. Despite having ...

This morning was nice and sunny with some cloud, a blessed relief after yesterdays effort. JWR and myself headed off west to do his WeBs cou...