Literate herring, this way.

The species count from the camera trap is slowly rising. Dog (Golden Retriever), 2; irritating Humans, 3; Brown Hare, probably the same beas...

 Languishing upstairs on Saturday morning I was rallied by a call of "I think there's a Waxwing in the trees!" Scrambling to g...

  Playing with the new camera trap, our suspicions were confirmed. Small Tortoiseshell. A butterfly was unexpected midweek, Found at work fl...

Winter Moth, there were five on trees around the garden. Limacus maculatus, two of these and some tiny juveniles on trees. Zygiella x-notata...

  Dire weekend weather and too many jobs to do. Ideally, I should have been down at Birsay looking for white-winged gulls this morning in go...

 Out with the scope in Kirkwall Bay today, flat calm. I dipped the Surfie but managed to see at least 42 and likely 60+ Velvet Scoter, at le...

Went to look for the female King Eider from Thursday afternoon and failed. I spent a while walking the coast, checking the harbour and the P...

I enjoy our House Sparrows. There is a small colony round-about the house and garden. If I put grain out in the open near the Buddlia they p...