Literate herring, this way.

The Shunan is a noisy and aggressive place these days with many waders sitting on posts and then attacking anything that approaches their re...

Excellent weekend on NRon. Nothing startling, but still great birding. Actually dipped on the best bird due to an uncharacteristic lack of e...

Well it wasn't a total nil result, although compared to RW on Westray for the last two weeks it was in comparison (750 LtSs). Trouble is...

Driving from a seawatch at Yesnaby to The Loons yesterday evening, and a good job I was going slow by Loch of Skaill as a big dog otter was ...

Lots of finches in the garden today including an interesting redpoll, identifications in the comments below appreciated. My own view is Comm...

After the disappointment of dipping the Black Kite on Wednesday, it probably flew over the meeting I was in, I needed a bit of a perk. Mid a...

Following the incident with my back three weeks ago I decided to invest in a Scopac or similar. Now although one of my birding mates has one...

One of the pair of the Oystercatchers at work is ringed. It would be good to be able to read the ring, but attempts at photograph...

A walk on the moor on Thursday showed the impact of the previous few days of fine weather with plenty of Skylarks and Meadow Pipits on terri...

We've woken up to snow most mornings and today it snowed for a good bit during the morning, nothing sticking mind. Mostly over the last ...