A cold frosty morning turned out to be a beautiful crystal clear day. As John was tied up elsewhere, I thought I would pop up to Seahouses t...

After seeing the Goosander yesterday at DBCP in overcast conditions, I thought I would call in today with the sun shining...He's a crack...

Widdrington Tip that is. I used to live only half a mile from here when it attracted Glaucous Gulls and Hooded Crows every winter. The lan...

A day off today has been spent doing something constructive for the garden wildlife, in particular the Tree Sparrows. All of our nest boxes ...

A bit of a photo montage of this mornings visit to Amble with JWR... Snow squalls coming in on a noreaster this morning... We go...

A day off today, with a reasonable weather forecast, so we went birding... With no planning whatsoever John and myself began at Amble Harb...

Today was a special day for me. I met a lifelong hero of mine. That's not strictly true, as my hero is no longer with us, having...

Off on a flexi day today and annual leave on Monday making a nice long weekend. Today, Phil Hanmer came to ours to replace an old owl box in...

Last year a fw Iceland Gull frequented the duck feeding area at the QEII Lake, Ashington. An unusual spot for a scarce gull, so what...

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...