Birds
Puffin Island
45,000 pairs of puffins this year on the Isle of May and none of them camera shy. It’s a real privilege to visit their island. They seem to be aware of us humans but not in any way bothered by Read more…
Birds
Terns
Thinking of going to the Isle of May???? Don’t go without a hat. Every day scores of nesting terns dive-bomb the day trippers as they get off the boat and again on their return. A hat (or an umbrella) gives Read more…
Birds
Trip to Isle of May
Amazing trip out to Isle of May, Scottish National Nature Reserve in the Firth of Forth. 45,000 pairs of puffins this year, which is down on last year but about the same as in 2009, so their numbers have been Read more…
Summer 2013
Baron’s Haugh
Walked round Baron’s Haugh RSPB reserve early afternoon. Warblers in the trees to be heard but not seen. Lots of butterflies,whites and orange-tips, but they weren’t settling. Saw a few Common Blue Damselflies near the river. Well I think they’re Read more…
Birds
Hogganfield Loch
A couple of hours to spare so went looking for the grebes, hoping to see the chicks. What a difference 2 weeks can make to the vegetation in a pond. You’d never know there had ever been a grebe nest Read more…