If Lee Mack was just loafing around his flat all day he could do worse than look for spiders! I was just locking up before bed late last nig...

Map of Walk. Stars are - Top right -  Car Park on verge, Bottom edge - St Cuthberts Cave stop and Greensheen Hill Trig Point stop. To...

Remember 20 years ago when planes would fall from the sky, famine and disease would ravish the land and we would all die because a glitch in...

The farthest north reaches of Northumberland have some great under watched areas for wildlife and none more so than the mighty River Tweed a...

A look at my 2019 blogging activity shows that I posted the least number of times since the blog began 13 years ago. Now that it is at r...

Well as 2019 draws to a close, its the time of year when we all summarise what has gone before and generally ponder what the coming year may...

On Saturday, Paul Cassells found a Yellow Wagtail at Prestwick Carr near Newcastle. In December, this was always going to draw some interest...

Last Christmas I was given a copy of the new Wildguides book, 'Britains Spiders'. This inspired me to look out for some of these muc...

What a grim weekend! Rain all day yesterday and today it was misty with mizzle and it barely got light all day. I met John (on his birthda...

This year the blog has had less posts than normal and most of those are birding related, so its time to diversify. I have been moth trappi...