I'm back

My first post for a while, not much about to report in the North east :( anyone on twitter can follow me (steven fryer) ive started to use twitter a lot these days, maybe thats why my blog is suffering? Gateshead the past few days has had:
Shibdon pond: ruff, 3 nordic jackdaws, 1000+ lapwing, 100+ snipe, 2 shelduck.
Clara vale: 2 tree sparrow.
Far pastures: water rail, 20+ snipe, kingfisher.
Foot it challange starts 1st jan for 1 month, radius of 1 mile this year :) i'll give it a bash!