Above and below - Howick in an autumn light. A lovely mild calm and quiet day today. A real pleasure to be out and about. The last rays...

A flexi day off.  I headed off to Holy Island to arrive there shortly after first light. There were not as many migrants as may be expected...

Finished work early and headed home to check the coastal path and village to see if any migrants had dropped in. A strong SE wind and torre...

I collected JWR at 7am and we headed off to Teesside to see if we could find the Pallid Harrier and Semi palmated Sandpiper that were still ...

Autumn sunshine at Howick Hall. Masses of Red Admirals on ivy flowers high up in the sun. Click for a larger image. The only time th...

Yesterday an early morning dog walk had a few migrants arriving from the coast. 21 Redwings flushed from Village Wood while 6 Bramblings, my...

This week we have been on holiday in Norfolk, staying at Sea Palling. We tried further east for a change, but in future we will stick with...

After Sunday's twitch north for the Sandhill Crane, imagine my face when Alan Priest called me this morning to say it had just flown ove...

I forgot to mention, on Saturday night at 11.30pm I popped out for the terriers last walk and activated the outside light on the Old School ...

Its only taken about 38 years of birding for the Sandhill Crane at the Loch of Strathbeg to take its place on my list...I dont want to mak...

The Swallows have gone. Last weekend there were still 30+ in the village but none today. Late afternoon produced 15 flying strongly south ...

This morning I went to do JWR's WeBs count up at Branton Pits. Highlight was a Little Egret, the first we've seen at this site, an...

The wind has dropped to a SSE2 this morning, with odd showers, brightening to a nice sunny afternoon. A seawatch from 8am - 9am was a tad ...

This morning and the wind had increased in tempo, still from the SE. I quickly dashed to the coast for a half hour seawatch before work. It ...

I came in from work at 6pm this evening and was changed and down on the coast path by 6.10pm. Although not ideal seawatch conditions, I fa...

On perusing the Birdwatch Mag website today I find that the BOU have added two new lifers to my list. Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus (...

View south from stubble field to the village. Copse on the left and Back Hedge on the right. The coast path viewing south from Cullern...

On my way home from work this evening via the A1, a large bird caught my eye hanging in the wind right over the road near the turn off to Es...

On Sunday I actually did some birding complete with scope and everything. Well I had a couple of hours around the Village and a short jaunt ...

Theres a distinct lack of illustration on here at the mo, must do better.... Any way, todays dog wanders around the village and coast path...