Literate herring, this way.

No, not the one on the twig After lunch, washing up. Blackbirds on the lawn under the feeders and a sparrow behind, in the scrubby stuff. Er...

Scanning Loch Harray from the viewpoint on the eastern side. Not much going on. Then falcon across the surface, wing tips almost dipping the...

Across the Sound to Hoy The PDC held the usual numbers of Long-tailed Ducks (23) and Goldeneye (c20) with 110 Tufted but nothing more intere...

The Birsay Whooper A quick look at Birsay was followed by a buzz round Loch of Boardhouse where there were good numbers of Pochard, Tufted D...

The Brough on a bonny morn Louise's worry about moving here was that the wind would never cease and that the sun would never shine. So f...

Fat friends in a field Oh joy! Goose count day. Why did I volunteer to do this? A good excuse for a day out birding when boxes should be unp...

Spent much of this glorious, sunny, still day on the roof of one shed or another attempting to patch the leaks. I eventually descended for l...

One female Scaup - PDC The traditional house list is what is seen from the house and garden so... scoping somewhat distant Loch Harray added...

General opinion is that this was just a non-standard troch . Lindsay Cargill reports a parrotbill alert http://pinemuncher.blogspot.com/ Che...

I post these pix of what I think is an acredula Willow Warbler, it called like a Willow Warbler, however the leg and foot colour is extraord...

Dunlin and friend Up to Birsay first thing, mission Snow Bunting. Gave the usual high tide feeding mob a going over to start with but just o...

Grilling The Shunan Intermittent Fieldfare flocks were a feature of the morning with 12 over the garden early on and then flocks of 29, 50, ...