Last night the Aurora returned and for the first time in a good while, the skies were clear. Starting at about half seven it carried on unti...

Quite a large amount of snow dumped on the patch over the last couple of days, but there has been very little change bird wise - Fieldfares ...

The days are gradually getting longer, but the patch is still pretty static - Pink-footed Goose still with the Greylags, still a Glauc knock...

So last year Tesco's were selling off their old stock of dog biscuits really cheap and I had a plan, I bought as much as I could, someth...

Still very quiet around the patch - 4 Barnacle Geese on the 7th, 1-2 1st winter Glaucs on most days, a monstrous northern (north-eastern?) H...

Whooper Swan finally added to the patch year list with 3 on Loch of Gards, also of note was a Merlin on the deck in one of the fields by the...

Still not a great deal on the patch, just a Pink-footed Goose in among the Greylags and a Shelduck and a male Shoveler on the Loch. Pin...

A lot of Gulls on the patch today, after yesterdays gales, the best being a monstrous 1st yr Glaucous Gull off Moast Beach. Glaucous ...

A few 'padders' around the patch on New Year's Day - 1w Glauc, 3 Skylark, a Meadow Pipit and a Shelduck as well as the usual win...

The only highlights on the patch for December was a Pink-footed Goose seen a couple of times with the Greylags and the Northern Lights showe...

Huge surprise on the patch, the 'Greenland' White-fronted Goose that has been around for the last couple of days, looks like it is o...