Bird listing has always been a bit of a debating topic between birders of all generations. Now I see that there are some big changes coming ...

A few days back, a birder posted a photo of a Black throated Diver on the Blyth Estuary (Northumberland). When I saw the pic, I thought that...

This morning, the weather forecast was quite uninspiring with rain predicted for most of the day, however, as with most things weather re...

What a week I've just put in. Last Friday, I came home from work not feeling too well, typical, I thought, ready for the weekend. When...

First post of the New Year. Last year at this time, the weather was dreadful until about the 8th, with wind and rain on a daily basis. Thi...

Seaton Point facing East. Field sketch of the Kingfisher. At lunch time I took the opportunity to get out for an hour down to Seato...

Ages ago, over the Christmas period, Andrew Dawes of Wessex Reiver blog challenged everyone to a Christmas doldrums bird race. I haven'...

Just a quickie to say I am still here, but have not lifted my binoculars, let alone taken a photo, since November! Early in the month, I w...

Amanda at Quiet Walker has set the pace so here are my twelve photos, all of the natural world of some kind, from 2016... This Arctic R...

John picked me up at 7.30 this morning to head up towards Beadnell for a change. We could have nicely gone down to East Chevington for Shore...

For a change, this morning John and I met up at Seaton Point, Boulmer with the intention to walk around the headland, checking the sea and s...

After the birding excitement of recent weeks, today saw things slow up a little, back into the usual pace for winter birding in Northumberla...

If you are a birder living in Northumberland you should count yourself very lucky. We may be very impoverished on the butterfly, moth and ...