When there is a cold, north wind in February we are often at a bit of a loose end. Its too early to look for spring migrants, too cold...

 There's not been much birding or wildlife this weekend. On Saturday the whole day was spent cleaning the kitchen from top to bottom, in...

 Out and about yesterday seemed pretty much standard fare with one or two bits of interest thrown in. Lets begin with the moth trapping. For...

 What a perfect day for a walk on Sunday morning. It was calm, sunny and cold on the fingers when we headed up to the moors north of Eglingh...

 So, January finished with my patch list standing at 87. This is about average or maybe a bit under. The best bird so far was the Great Nort...

 Yesterday for a change Jane, Peggy and myself took a trip northwards across the border to visit some of the small harbours that abound...

As mentioned last Sunday, this week we would give my local patch a once over on Sunday morning to add a few species to the list. Th...

We've had another cold spell this week. We woke on Monday to find that there was a good couple of inches of snow covering everythin...