Literate herring, this way.

Click here Just to say "On the beach" is my favourite album. But, I would rather hear Neil in a bar in Canada than at a huge venue...

Arctic Terns feeding off Burray one May evening

Fulmar and Thrift Last week we spent a week on Mainland, Burray and South Ronaldsay. Mostly good weather, too good for migrant birds unfortu...

Check the Orkney and Shetland links for loads of birds .... Red-backed Shrike reported at Saltwick and Dotterel by the Beacon are all that c...

Totally gripped off by these ...... click here

Paul Merton followed by Bill Bailey, a BBC2 comedy treat. Bill had the BBC Concert Orchestra as his backing band. Sublime was Saint Saens Th...

Jeff makes great album ..... have a listen - just love Roll Bus Roll, try it here. Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard are playing Leeds and Ne...

I'm very fond of The Guardian newspaper and have been reading it for many years, even when we lived in Kathmandu we subscribed to the we...

Hmm, StatCounter doesn't seem to be working properly, can't fix it at the moment either. I think I may need to reinstall it. The tot...

Slowly things are falling into place. The sea fret has changed to a moor fret and dampened my enthusiasm for any birding, in any case organi...

At present alongside, but eventually on its own, having taken the limelight, my new blog will evolve here. The blog pays its dues now to bot...