A Hen Harrier Week
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »Dry and sunny weather on Islay all week but with a strong easterly wind Good news from the Peregrines, they have now hatched - at least three young and possibly four. Both birds have been filmed together on the eyrie with ...
Filming is going well
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »Another superb weeks weather on Islay with warm conditions early in the week then turning cooler with a freshening southerly wind. Some good encounters with Corncrake during the week with plenty of good video and photos. With the vegetation now increasing ...
A good week
Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »Here we are on Islay and after rain last Sunday we have had four fantastic sunny days with temperature up to 22c and no midgies yet! I spent some time filming a colony of Herons on Jura and with small young ...
A good week for filming
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »A good weeks weather and a hectic time with two ascents of Pendle Hill inside fourteen hours! On one morning I was at the Trig station on top of Pendle at 6.00am and filmed the sunrise on the way up. ...
Dotterel on Time
Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »With the wind turning to SW it was time to check the top of Pendle Hill for Dotterel. Unfortunately someone beat me to it and announced on Birdline that there were two present. When we arrived on top of the ...
Woodcock 0 - Tawny Owl 2
Sunday, April 20th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »A cold week with strong easterly winds making this years nesting season one of the latest ever. Two full days in Bowland looking for Woodcock nests once again produced none, not even a flushed bird. However, all that time searching the ...