Month: October 2024

On Islay in winter there are now more than a dozen Sea Eagles.They are there for one good reason – to eat some of the thirty thousand or more Barnacle

Any visit to Islay in mid October is bound to coincide with the migration south from Iceland of Whooper Swans, especially when there is a north wind blowing. It is

A week later than last year but at long last the first local Redwings have arrived. Unfortunately the Hawthorne and Rowan berries are very few this year so they may

Only once before have I found the nest of a pair of House Martins with young still being fed in the nest in October. Last week on a day of