Literate herring, this way.

Not waders Rather a lot of daises Arctic Terns and thrift Got up not very early after an excellent do at the nearby Harray Community Centre ...

Common Carder Bee Lady's Smock in the garden Siskin Elected not to go chasing the Red-rumped Swallow or the Golden Oriole at Costa and h...

Had to go Soooth for a family event and so dipped on the Cranes, one possibly flew past the house :-( thus the lack of recent posts. However...

Beardy is the large fella in the middle I finally caught up with the Bearded Seal. Deciding to look on the slip as I returned from the airpo...

A Hen Harrier hunting around our neighbouring barns this morning (a ringtail) and Red-throated Diver made the "in the garden" list...

Windy and cold, yuk. Drove past Takerness just after the Dotterel were found but just before Julian managed to get the news out. A bit of a ...

Yesterday, Arctic Skua flew past the house as I was eating breakfast; another was on the Shunan around lunchtime. Ringtail Hen Harrier flew...

On The Shunan this evening were two Ringed Plovers and two Common Sandpipers. One of the Ringed Plovers is quite interesting, small, not muc...

We walked from Marwick Bay to Birsay today, brilliant sunny day with an icy northerly wind. Of course the subtext to this walk was to count ...

White Wagtail The beaches at Birsay were covered in alba wagtails this afternoon and almost all of them were M.a.alba. I counted 53; 21 on t...

House Martin was with Swallows over Bosquoy this morning, just the one. Much staring into the distance from the garden produced an excellent...

A House Martin was around a breeding site in Harray as I drove towards Kirkwall this morning. The Brambling is still in the garden.