Literate herring, this way.

Birsay Bay on the evening 29th A trip east to see the Lesser Scaup on Ayre's Loch. Not ideal conditions and it took two hours or so...

I'm currently very interested in crows and the relationship between Carrion and Hoodie here on Orkney. Tipped off that there are some in...

Christmas Eve produced murder on the front lawn as a superb Sproghawk ripped a Blackbird to bits in the gloaming. Ellen spotted a Waxwing on...

I've barely stepped outside the door today, horrible south-easterly force 6-7 and increasing with rain, dark and nasty. I managed to fil...

A good day around the home patch with the Great Spotted Woody putting in an appearance again, around lunch time, the Tree Sparrow on the fee...

I wasn't supposed to be able to do much birding today, other than counting Greylag Geese but Louise had a horse event so I was supposed ...

Knackered at the moment so didn't get out til 11 and then it was rather half-hearted. However, a walk around the garden and nearby field...

The Foot it challenge for January looks like fun too. It will fit in with broken car and Patchwork if I use the same area (actually, hoping...

Thursday I got back from work late after a meeting in Kirkwall and a visit to the supermarket. Unloading the car under a mostly clear sky, i...

A rather odd looking Aythya duck on The Shunan has been bothering me for the last three weeks or so. It has generally been on its own or wit...

It blew up yesterday evening, and snowed, so much that the dog was unhappy about carrying on her night time stroll with all that white stuff...

No birding this weekend as offspring required some attention.... The Waxwings were last seen on Wednesday. What would seem to be the same ...