Literate herring, this way.

Rainy day so I'm identifying things. Yesterday I spent a large part of the day sploshing around in water. A number of conversations were...

 It got very cold, two coats cold, snowing cold. A few summer migrants braved it and Sand Martin, Swallow, Wheatear, Whimbrel and Black-tail...

So the BIG NEWS is Canada Goose on The Shunan yesterday. This is the first record for the 1km patch, although I have had a hybrid with a Gre...

I've been messing about with my camera trap. An ambition before leaving here was to get footage of Orkney Vole. Unfortunately, as good a...

 Very. It won't last, but while it does trips to Yesnaby to check out the Chrysolina and try to figure out more about its biology. In th...

There are various reports of Sand Martins and even a Swallow in the last week, but none on the patch as yet. I saw my first Wheatear on 05/0...