Gordon Yates
Wildlife Photographer

Since last week the frosty Winter weather finally disappeared after the 23rd. On that day a Woodcock was flushed on Hopwood and six Snipe from the stream. Christmas Day produced

A fantastic week of Winter frosts, every night with a low of minus eight degrees on the twenty first. At last Jack Snipe have turned up in their regular wintering

After last weeks rain we have at last had some good Winter weather with two sunny days and a low of minus five degrees centigrade one morning. The Goosanders at

If last weeks weather was bad this weeks weather has been even worse with only five hours of sunshine and 2.39 inches of rain! There have been plenty of birds

Not a lot to report since last week with the weather being very wet except for one sunny day on the 29th November. On Hopwood a Woodcock was flushed and

A totally different weeks weather this week compared to last with only one good day on the 23rd with sunshine all day. The garden has proved good with thirty one

A good weeks autumnal weather since my last report and the big news is the fledging of three young Barn Owls locally. This is a second brood and the first

There have been several wet days this week and only one visit to the local Golf Course. Goldcrest and two Grey Wagtails were the only decent birds seen. Grey Wagtails

Well here I am back home again after seventeen days on Islay. The first week provided some good weather for October but the last week has been dull and mild

Here I am writing from Islay after our first week. The weather has been sunny at times but there has always been a strong wind and rain on a couple