Sunday, 22 December 2013
Thursday, 19 December 2013
Monday, 16 December 2013
White Xmas?
Juv Iceland Gull - Lerwick |
Juv Iceland Gull - Lerwick |
Me & a rather attractive Xmasy light projected Moose in Lerwick! |
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
A Touch of Thrush . . . .
A great November bird! |
Sunday, 3 November 2013
NEW Home - NEW British Tick - NEW British Mammal
Cape May Warbler in flight showing the superb tail, a feature often difficult to see in the field. |
Cape May Warbler - a fabulously calm, bright day yesterday saw me return to Unst to see the Warbler for a third time with Phil. |
I really enjoyed watching the Cape May Warbler activity feeding & moving from Sycamores to Fuschia's & more open grassland areas catching a number of large flies in the Autumn sunshine. |
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Thick Billed Pulls in the Crowds
Thick-billed Warbler - Fair Isle - May 2003 - 4th for Britain - I thought i'd share a couple of my images of the 'blast from the past' 2003 Fair Isle bird in light of the 5th having just been discovered in Geosetter on mainland Shetland by a visiting birder. It's been over 10 years but the memories of seeing this bird in the ringing room at the Observatory early one May morning is still very fresh in my memory! Why not join us in 2014 to look for more mega's of this magnitude!!?? Please email me for bespoke Shetland Spring and Autumn birding, wildlife and photography trips or visit www.shetlandnature.net |
Up close and personal - Thick-billed Warbler - 4th for Britain- May 2003 Fair Isle www.shetlandnature.net |
Tuesday, 24 September 2013
A Score at Skaw . . .
Monday, 23 September 2013
Delighted to receive my Shetland Bird Report 2012 yesterday & see that I have the front cover shot! |
Birding Fair Isle with Sheep Rock and Rainbow backdrop |
Watching the plane coming in before we birded the airstrip & Homisdale. |
Sunday, 4 August 2013
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
SVALBARD - JULY 2013
I have just returned from leading a superb trip to Svalbard for the Travelling Naturalist circumnavigating Spitsbergen and enjoying wonderful arctic seascapes and wildlife. . . .here are a few examples of the fabulous wildlife we encountered. Thank you to my wonderful group for making it such a success and of course to the Oceanwide Expeditions staff who really made the trip. A full report will follow shortly as will a lot more pics!!
Bearded Seal - Spitsbergen 2013 |
Brunnich's Guillemot |
Northern Fulmar 'blue' |
Humpback Whale's tale . . . |
One relaxed Polar Bear - one of up to 20 seen on our voyage |
The Walrus - what a beast! |
I love Kittiwakes, they look so good on ice too . . . |
After finding the male on a nest incubating eggs we found the better looking female on a small pool nearby |
Wednesday, 24 April 2013
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
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