This afternoon reached a mad 17 degrees. A summers day in February. In the Village Wood, a sallow was covered in Honey Bees and a single Buf...

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

Yesterday we took a trip west to an upland area, other than that frequented by many other birders in the region, to look for Goshawks.   W...

Its very mild tonight, 11 degrees. Shortly after dusk I rescued 4 Toads from the Howick lane end as the headed across to the pond field. Two...

A cold morning, with a -1 degrees start at 8am. The day was crystal clear with bright sunshine. John came to collect and we took a short ...

A week ago I took this spider from our kitchen ceiling. It had been there since before Christmas with its small web in the corner. I thought...

I forgot to mention this earlier. How common are Moles near you? Up here in North Northumberland its unbelievable how abundant they are. A...

Chip carton... Another week passes with scarcely a salute to Blogger...but, at least, as the evenings retreat things can only get better....

Female Blackcap. After a bit of a blogging break, I thought it high time I got back 'into the saddle'. Last week, despite having...

Its sometimes good to be late for work. This morning I was running a half hour or so behind schedule, and with a fallen tree reported to be ...

I would like to say that I regretted not bringing the camera today because I missed the shot of a lifetime, but no, as it happens, it wasn...

Our village from the south east. A bit nippy on Sunday morning, -5 degrees, up to about 3 degrees by lunchtime. The bonus though, was th...

Waterside House, Cumbria, 15th July 1996....How long ago! What a fine bird he was too, singing and trying some stinging lines with the Ho...

Now that the New Year is upon us, I have three months to use up my annual leave entitlement. Breaking it down, this means I can, if I wish, ...

This morning I had a walk from home, down the Long Walk and back via the coast path. About a dozen of so birds were added to the 2012 list w...

New Years Day and a Happy Birthday to me. A nice sunny day, a bit breezy and cooler than recently but still nice for January. Jane, Bunt...

2011 Highlights... Mmm. Now then. On the patch 154 species. Down on last year but still not too bad with nearly the lot self found ( o...

This morning our terrier had me up and out at the first crack of dawn. It was calm and mild, Tawny Owls were hooting, and Robins ticking wit...

Merry Christmas all. What a difference it is today compared to Christmas past. Its about 14 degrees warmer today, and much easier to get a...

Only a couple of things around about today, 1 male Siskin on our feeders was the first since the spring, 15 Redwings were in the village cop...