Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum White-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lucorum  Out down at Warkworth this morning. It was clear and sunny b...

After being stuck in an over heated office all week when the weather outside was glorious I was really looking forward to the weekend. Then ...

After a tip off from a work colleague, I called in to Warkworth Lane Caravan Site first thing this morning to check ou...

Yesterday I arrived at Rothbury for a meeting about 15 minutes early so I took  a short walk along the river with the camera. Three Goosande...

You know those evenings when your patch seems to be the best in the world? It was one of those tonight. Certainly not because of the birds s...

A day late with this post, but there is no rush as Sunday provided very little inspiration for writing. I met with John, as usual, at Warkwo...

Out early this morning to try and catch up with some spring visitors on the patch. First stop was Craster where the only sounds were the bir...

Until this morning I thought this years moth trapping was to repeat that of 2013 when I failed to record one of my favourite garden mot...

This weekend has been a bit of a damp squib. After a glorious week of sunshine and proper spring temperatures while yours truly was stuck at...

My first Patch Wheatears of the year were down the teepee track this evening. A male with two hens looked bound for Greenland to me, bei...

Only the one shot of our mate the Piedbald Robin of Longhoughton. What a skulker it is...luckily this shot is better than my last one. Th...

Here are couple more shots from Sunday when the sun was shining. Yesterday was shrouded with a cool fog all day on the coast... Nice to he...

Jack Snipe. What a glorious day Easter Sunday turned out to be. Being a Bank Holiday I met up with John at Warkworth an hour earlier tha...

Buy a DSLR only to add a Toy camera effect filter! There is a cheaper option to this... Just back from a couple of hours seawatching fro...

After taking this on Monday, good old ratty finally made his way into the live trap. It was duly moved on to pastures new about 5 miles a...

On my way out this morning, I noticed a bit of a 'to do' over at my neighbours car...the Dunnocks are not happy at the intruders int...

After the clocks changed last night I was up at first light this morning, and was out to meet up with John. A short wander around the villag...

I do like a chance encounter with wildlife. We were looking from our kitchen window this afternoon when this Brown Hare gambolled past. I p...

House Sparrow usurps Tree Sparrow... Two Tree Sparrows move on two House Sparrows... No where to land... House feels Tree h...