A late morning report of a drake american wigeon was sufficient enough to lure me up the coast for an hour or so today. Distant but easily p...

After reading Phils' tales of short-eared owl at West Hartford last night I thought I'd try my luck this evening. Sure enough the S...

Took what seems to be an ever decreasingly frequent trip up the coast this morning... and there was very little to see! No sign of the waxw...

 A late afternoon trip up the coast resulted in little of note for Druridge Bay: no sign of the smew pair at QEII, but success at Druridge ...

Managed an hour birding this afternoon, with the five white-fronted geese collected south-east of Ashington hospital - only one of which wa...

I headed up the coast this afternoon, taking advantage of some nice sunshine and a late start to the working week. Stopping off at Woodhorn...

http://onnightslikethis.blogspot.com/ My new blog for all the concert and music related stuff that's not really applicable to this blo...

Mark and I headed to the "hawfinch hedge" just west of Morpeth this morning... and it was a cold one at that, saved by a beautifu...

First musical interlude of 2011 ~ The Cult at Newcastles' O2 Academy... missed them first time round, so was pleased to get a show now....

Another waxwing image from Monday 24th, the last image taken late afternoon. Thought I might have got back there again today, but after a ...

I spent some time photographing an obliging flock of waxwing this afternoon. Feeding on an apple tree in the Burton House pubs' car pa...

American Robin, Grimsby, 10th January 2004 I'm not getting out as much as I'd like this week ~ a new central heating installation...

A single waxwing feeding on the hedge adjacent Burnside School on the way back from grocery shopping was enough to get me out of the car an...