01 September 2023
Rosy Starling - Shetland
There have been a few rosy starlings around Shetland in the last eighteen months but somehow I have managed...
21 August 2023
Shetland Bumblebee
The Shetland bumblebee is one of my favourite invertebrate species I have encountered in Shetland and...
14 August 2023
A Tale of Two Rings
I’m a big fan of colour-ringing as it makes identification of individual birds easier in the field...
31 July 2023
Ecological Walkover Surveys - Orkney
July has been a busy month with a lot of survey work across the Orkney Islands. It has been a great opportunity...
09 June 2023
Hermaness Puffins - Shetland
Puffins! Aside from being quite photogenic and capable of making even a bang-average photographer look...
08 June 2023
Redshanks - Warden of the Marshes
Redshanks have an old country name of “Warden on the Marsh” because of their habitat of being...
05 June 2023
Botany at Keen of Hamar - Shetland
I’m not a botanist and don’t pretend to be one on the internet but I can appreciate some...
05 June 2023
Nest Finding
I’ve found hundreds of nests over the years, but I still get a buzz each time I discover a new...
02 June 2023
World Otter Day
Today is World Otter Day, a day to celebrate the 13 species of otter which live in Europe, Asia, Africa,...
02 June 2023
Curlew NestCam - Hatching Chicks
The curlew nest I have been monitoring has hatched. Still wading (no pun intended) through a lot of camera...