You will all be getting sick of me chuntering on about the Coues's Arctic Redpoll at Birling / Warkworth by now, but today we managed s...

Every year at this time Denwick Church lights up with the golden glow of winter aconites . For me, these and Snowdrops raise the chequered f...

I've just noticed on my blog hit counter that its just passed the half a million page views mark! I would never have thought that back i...

This morning was spent down at Warkworth with John. We started in the gloaming with a nice Barn Owl hunting the car park. I had seen a se...

As it was quite dry today for a change, I had an hour having a garden tidy up, prelim to spring. All I did was clear away from dead nettl...

A day off on holiday today. The weather was meant to be sunny, but thick cloud was the order of the day. At least it didn't rain or blow...

What a lovely weekend that was, sunny cold and crisp, just the job after weeks of clarts* and rain. A few walks around the homelands ad...

I just want to post some info on the Redpoll John found at Birling Carrs today. John had noted a redpoll flock last week and fancied he glim...

Craster Harbour the other day... Happy New Year all, long time no see. There is a reason for this though. We have been without internet ...

Time flies at this time of year. Its been nearly two weeks since I posted about the Chiffchaff, so here is a little update of what I have be...

I've taken a day off today to give Jane a lift to the station where she will get the train to Peterborough to visit her sister. The day ...

Well that was a relief. I drove straight to the Volks Centre in Blyth, a garage that deals only with VW, Audi, Skoda and Seat. I've been...

Out with John around the Coquet estuary this morning turned up literally nothing of note. Well, a male Blackcap in yews in Warkworth, 2 drak...

A day off to catch up with some bits and pieces so no proper birding done at all today. Still, while walking Bunty at lunchtime we came acro...

The day started with heavy rain and a strong wind, but this soon eased to a calm day with patchy sunshine. As the sun rose, almost ...

Being up north in the UK, Northumberland often misses out on some of the more southern specialities. Birds such as Firecrests, Black Terns a...

Top - a real winter squall over Amble Harbour and a few minutes later the sun came out... Not much doing this morning or during the ...

Long time no see. I've been a bit too busy to blog lately but here is a catch up. Since we last met all manner of things natural have ...

An impromptu day off work today to take our ageing Chinchilla to the vet to get his teeth looked at. At 10 yrs old, he is getting on a bit, ...

Can't beat a bit of old fashioned sitcom innuendo! That's enough of that. This morning I met John at Warkworth Top Car Park at 0...