Corncrake Appears
Sunday, June 26th, 2011 Posted in General | No Comments »Our last week on Islay and still the cool weather prevails. It Is difficult to believe that after being here for three weeks we have not seen a temperature in excess of 18°C and have had in total seven days ...
Seabirds Suffer
Sunday, June 19th, 2011 Posted in General | No Comments »Another week on Islay and everywhere you go you are reminded of the gale in May with Westerly facing woodlands looking like they have suffered a nuclear blast. I took the opportunity of visiting the seabird colonies on the West coast ...
Short Eared Owl Stars
Sunday, June 12th, 2011 Posted in General | No Comments »We have had another week on Islay. Some time has been spent trying to film a male Short Eared Owl as he brought prey to a brooding female, her nest being deep in the heather. The photo was taken through ...
Redstart Delights
Saturday, June 4th, 2011 Posted in General | No Comments »One day during last week I was filming Redstarts and Pied Flycatchers in the Forest of Bowland. The deciduous wood had at least eight pairs of each breeding and it was an absolute delight to await their next return to ...