Tuesday 30 June 2015

High Summer

June 30 - hot sunny weather at present, and a superb Hobby flew over the house late morning, mobbed by bold Swifts, Swallows and House Martins. Earlier, a Red Kite was over Cricklade.

Friday 26 June 2015

Wednesday 24 June 2015

Barn Owl from the window.......

24 June - A superb Barn Owl was hunting the paddock at dusk this evening, the first I've seen here for several years. A real unexpected bonus on a sunny midsummer evening.

Sunday 21 June 2015

Red Squirrels ! ( and 1 or 2 birds........)

20/21 June - My best-ever views of Red Squirrels in the garden of our guesthouse in Kingussie, coming to the feeders. Superb animals, and I finally got some passable photos.

Saturday 20 June 2015

Highland Birding

20 June - A brief birding interlude during our Munro trip (Keith, Jen, Matt and myself) produced several highlights - a Slavonian Grebe at a traditional site near Strathpeffer, Red-throated Diver on a roadside loch near Achnasheen, and Ospreys on their pylon-eyrie at Lochluichart. Cloudy weather at Ullapool led to a change of plan from Munroing to boat trip.......the Loch Fleet cruise gave good views of a White-tailed Eagle adult, Eiders with chicks, and Black Guillemots and Fulmars around their nesting cliffs, together with wild Rock Doves.

Friday 19 June 2015

Thursday 18 June 2015

Ben Klibreck

June 18 - A female Ptarmigan with 5 young, and Common Sandpipers on the loch, the highlights of a cloudy windy day in Sutherland......apparently the rest of the UK is basking in sunshine.....,

Wednesday 17 June 2015

Scotland..........

17 June - Arrival in Scotland for a 4 day Munro trip with Keith, Jen and Matt. Very windy and showery, compared with summer down South, and a long drive from Edinburgh to Ullapool.......a couple of stops en route, for Slavonian Grebe and an Osprey eyrie, and a windswept Loch Broom outside the window of our accommodation. Hoping for less wind tomorrow.......

Sunday 14 June 2015

One or two raptors

14 June - a fast flyover by a Hobby, also a Red Kite, seen going over today.

Saturday 6 June 2015