The Ericht is the river that flows through the Scottish town of Blairgowrie. There’s a park and car park that we use when we visit the town, there’s a walk that follows the river upstream a mile or two and there can be some great birds on it as well as the possibility of an Otter sighting. (One in three years!) … More Up the Ericht
Today is a “car’s in the garage” days. New tyres needed so, dropped off at 08:00 and wandered off, warm top, waterproof jacket and camera ready. It was pouring when I left the house, it had stopped by the time I started walking. Up the Ericht, see what I might see. I’ve seen Kingfishers whizzing … More Waiting day
I was simply working on a series from a walk on the patch on June 1st when I came across this set of shots. … More A Rose is just a Rose?
We appear to be having Summer this week! A few days of warm, actually very hot weather which is great, it always feels like age since we had that; it’s not! 🙂 … More The Patch at its best?
I grabbed a few shots of the Whitethroat and kept listening for the Cuckoo. … More Cuckoo to you
We went for a walk yesterday afternoon, down in the Den of Alyth … More Spooky stroll
When the first Great Spotted Woodpecker appeared outside in the tree, I got quite excited; they are now downgraded to oh, there’s the woodpecker … More Great Spotted Woodpecker
Drookit?
It’s a Scottish word for soaking wet and I love it, it just fits! 🙂 … More Drookit!
For the past couple of years I have tried to photograph as many of the different birds that bring young to our feeders and what a range it is! I started in 2023 when I first saw a Great Spotted Woodpecker family arrive which I thought was an amazing opportunity but when a Rook and Carrion Crows turned up, I was blown away. … More The Young Ones
It was one of those wow moments as I realised there were around five or six birds swooping and swirling overhead, I didn’t know where to start! Then one bird demanded attention. … More Red Kite flying display
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