Well, 2012 is drawing to an end and I think my wildlife watching account has now closed for the year. At some point in the first week of...

Thought that it was about time I put some seed out for the birds last Friday. Already the finch numbers have risen from approximately zero t...

The surf was really up as these Black-headed Gulls dodged the spray at Skateraw last Saturday. Next day it wasn't just the waves poun...

A lovely sunny spell on Sunday provided just the right conditions for some feather maintenance for this Blue Tit and Goldfinch .

Pleased to see the Gadwalls still at Figgate Park on Sunday. The 3 males have now been joined by a female - its white speculum giving th...

I don't often see Chiffchaffs in the winter months up here in Edinburgh and when I do I am always hoping for a Siberian Chiffchaff ...

After wrongly considering Herring x LBBG hybrid ( argentatus x fuscus ) for a darker Herring Gull a couple of weeks ago I had a much m...

I have (temporarily, I hope) lost pretty much all of my jpegs after a back up error - I didn't back up but copied, deleted, and dro...

This interaction was easily the highlight of my weekend - a Black-headed Gull swooping in to see whether an otter at Duddingston Loch h...

I dropped by Duddingston Loch this morning to see if yesterday's otters were putting on their show again. Nothing doing on that fron...