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Our Common (15 Jul 2024)

Walked up to the Common from the village with my camera, and spotted a Six-spot Burnett on some field scabious. Was also rather then by some of the…

Isle of May (09 Jul 2024)

The Isle of May is a National Nature Reserve and in July is all about seabirds, which is why I went. I went on the May Princess, and…

Dunnet Head (09 Jun 2024)

Dunnet Head is the northern-most point on the UK Mainland – John O’Groats isn’t that, nor is it the northern-most settlement! It’s also another place to see nesting…

Brough of Birsay (08 Jun 2024)

This was becoming a very busy day! The Brough of Birsay can only be access at low (or low-ish) tide, and the warden at the Broch of Gurness…

Yesnaby (08 Jun 2024)

Yesnaby is on the west coast of the Orkney mainland, and gives easy access to view spectacular sea cliffs, plus the birds that nest there. The weathered horizontally…

Hoy Sound (08 Jun 2024)

Our last day in Orkney, and we walked along Hoy Sound, past the Links Battery, to Warebeth and back. The day turned into a bit of a photo-fest…

Guttenberg Castle (22 Apr 2024)

Whilst visiting Germany, Terri had booked us a visit to the birds of prey flying display at Guttenberg Castle. It is billed as ‘The Castle of the Eagles’…

Maspie Den (06 Mar 2023)

Maspie Den is part of the Falkland Estate, and it was laid out with a number of show features including a tunnel. It’s normally possible to walk behind…

Birnie Loch (19 Dec 2022)

I treated myself to a second hand lens, a Sigma DG 50-500mm 1:4.5-6.3 APO HSM. That’s a bit of a mouthful, and it’s a heavy beast as well…

Footprints in the Snow (08 Dec 2022)

We had a brief flurry of snow and I found these footprints when I went out for a walk. Given the birds I see around here they are…