We are now in Summer time!
Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »The snow of last weekend remained in places for four days and with the north wind has held back the Summer migrants - only one day of March left and I haven't seen any yet! In deep snow drifts I walked ...
Signs of Spring
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »A mixed week with one day of continuous rain and three inches of snow on the 23rd March, being the heaviest snowfall of the Winter or now technically Spring!! A pair of Kingfishers seen locally had a male displaying to the ...
Window watching
Sunday, March 16th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »A wild week with a raging gale and plenty of rain. As a result of having to spend so much time looking out of the window I was able to check on the activity of the male Sparrowhawk and ...
Back to basics
Thursday, March 13th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »After a fortnight on Islay it is now back to basics with the first hide work of the year. I spent three hours on a Heron's nest hoping for a changeover on the eggs but the male Heron incubated the ...
Wildlife Gems of Islay - Reviewed
Friday, March 7th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »Malcolm Ogilvie in his recent review of the movie for the local Islay & Jura newspaper, the Ileach, wrote: "I sat enthralled through the film and then wished for more. So I watched it again! This by far and away the ...
Islay re-visited
Monday, March 3rd, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »We have just returned from two weeks on Islay, mainly to establish outlets for the sale of the DVD. There are now six places where the DVD can be bought. It was also given a superb review in the local ...