Since my previous post, there has been a bit of a birding and weather interlude. On 11th October the wind briefly veered to the SSE with ...

Today I took my birding gear to work with the intention of bunking off at 12 to drive the 50 miles to the nether extremes of our county for ...

Its been a while since I did a full on local patch type post so Saturday and today were spent doing just that, with maybe a step just a frac...

Autumn 2018 is looking like becoming a classic for all the wrong reasons. You would have to look back 13 years since we had a September in N...

September and October are the peak months for bird migration in the UK. Here in Northumberland, August through to November is THE best tim...

Just back from a nice week in Westleton, Suffolk. We have stayed in the village, about 2 miles from Minsmere, about 8 times now over the yea...

...this time on the doorstep! Lets go back to the 28th July and it was 28 degrees with full sun. ( Rain all day today). When we were dow...

I have been moth trapping in our garden on a regular basis since 2009. Over the years a respectable number of species have turned up includi...

One of dozens of Banded Demoiselles. After the heat and butterfly excitement of Sunday, we were pleased to get back to the pub for food ...

As a young lad, I used to read the books of the naturalist and field sportsman Denys Watkins-Pitchford other wise known as 'BB'...