nests Archives - Andrew Whitelee

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 […]

Puffins! Aside from being quite photogenic and capable of making even a bang-average photographer look half decent, there’s more to know about […]

I’ve found hundreds of nests over the years, but I still get a buzz each time I discover a new one. Here […]

The curlew nest I have been monitoring has hatched. Still wading (no pun intended) through a lot of camera footage, but here’s […]

I am fortunate enough to be staying in a house in Shetland that backs onto rough grassland, marsh and upland areas. The […]

One of the best bits of my job is looking for and monitoring nests. The site I am on currently has lots […]

To you or me this might look like the vent pipe on an excavator. To a cavity-nesting bird like a starling, it […]

Saw some interesting behaviour today. This blue tit was clearly nest prospecting and had decided to utilise this house martin next on […]