Great Spotted Woodpecker Young Tree Sparrow I got up early looking forward to getting out and about, but was met with a strong NE w...

Just a few snaps from the last couple of weeks to test out the new PC. Cocklawburn Links Lamberton A few weeks back we took a tr...

At last a deadline. Midweek coming will see a new lease of life into the 'From the Notebook...' I.T section. It cant come soon enoug...

New PC arrived today, but as you can imagine setting up and transferring data from this one to the new one isnt a job for a donkey wearing b...

Hi all, this PC is still causing no end of sluggish behaviour on the blog front. But, help is nigh, I have ordered one of these... MEGA PC! ...

The first week of May has pretty much followed in the footsteps of April. Cold. I am convinced now though that better weather is just arou...

Another cold and windy day with a NNE6 and leaden skies. Fortunately the rain held off until dark. A wander around the Foxton and Alnmouth...

This is getting pretty dreary isnt it. My posts are very thin on the ground these days so here is something to start with. Last week I was...

No, none... Our Blackbirds in the ivy are feeding young now and the outhouse Robins have 2 eggs...

12th April. Still nowt. A pair of Shelduck on the coast path were new for the year but proper migrants - nil. While it has long been known ...

Ground Ivy What can I say. April 11th and not a single blog post. Why? Well, my computer is at death's door and is very slow indeed. ...

Last year I had a brief glimpse of a bumble bee that I fancied may have been Tree Bee, Bombus hypnorum . By the time I grabbed the camera it...

Well, long time no see. I have struggled to get blog motivated in recent weeks, despite some lovely days and a few off work too. I'm ...

While I'm on about records more dodgy than an MPs expenses I cant help but notice an eerie silence about a reported Alpine Accentor for ...

Probable female Harlequin off Stag Rocks this afternoon before flying off to Holy Island. I wonder? Who knows, maybe it will be relocat...

 Up on the moors yesterday morning, sunshine and cloud shadow made for a dramatic landscape. Unusually no birds of prey were seen at all, no...

A lovely clear sunny spring day with blue skies all round. This mornings dog walk was to woodland along the lane to look to see if any Chi...

A belter of a day today, with the temp at 16 degrees at lunchtime. This morning was spent at Branton doing the WeBs count with John. Befo...

On my way to work this morning a large skein of about 70 Whooper Swans flew north, low, over Longhoughton. Before the end of the month new ...

After seeing Mr Malloy's post about his cover of the Durham Bird Report, I forgot to show this. A  fine report with a fine cover by a l...