I’m going to use these pages to list and ID by photograph the birds that we commonly get visiting the feeders or the garden in general, I may create another page for those less common appearances. I will try to use only shots from the garden but will label any that aren’t but used as … More Our Garden Visitors (C-D)
I’m going to use these pages to list and ID by photograph the birds that we commonly get visiting the feeders or the garden in general, I may create another page for those less common appearances. I will try to use only shots from the garden but will label any that aren’t but used as … More Our Garden Visitors (A-B)
March 7th/8th – my lovely lady and I had discovered an abandoned mansion house come school house not far away, actually, she discovered it via Tok Tik or some such internet thing. So, it being 6.5 miles away and the sun having decided to show itself, we headed up there for a look. There’s a kind of … More Something old, something new
It’s February 2nd and the weather isn’t that great but at least there’s decent light for my wanders and photography. I’m constantly saying it but it’s very true; we are so lucky with the bird and wildlife around us, I don’t even need to leave this seat sometimes and I can get great shots of … More Feeding in February
My folks moved to Ardersier many moons ago, I had no idea what an Ardersier was until I visited way back in 1989!!!!! I took a trip on my m’bike, from Lee-on-the-Solent and what a trip that was, loved it. Anyway, Ardersier is a coastal village not far from Inverness with a shoreline walk of … More Ardersier in February
Into February It’s been a very varied but mostly wet and windy January / February, as I type this there’s a decent breeze blowing through and the wind and snow of the past few days drove a lot of birds to our feeders. Good for me maybe not so great for them? I was seeing … More Garden Birds 2025
January 29th, it’s been a few weeks! It was yet another bitter cold but glorious day so I had to get up to Backwater reservoir and walk, see what might be seen. It was great to get a few glimpses of Crossbills as I walked up, they the very reason I started walking here but … More Backwater in January
Our garden visitors in early January. It was an unusual Winter visitor that kicked me off photographing our garden birds this year. The grumpiest Fieldfare I’ve ever encountered! (That’s not many by the way) 🙂 We have quite a few Great Spotted Woodpeckers that visit the feeders, in 2023 a pair brought their young for … More Garden Birds 2025
January 22nd – Since we’ve retired, we’ve lost all of our daily drivers; must get up for work; got chores to do; Breakfast / lunch / Dinner time …. and we’re loving it, apart from never really knowing what day it is, what time it is 🙂 Is that such a bad thing? Anyway, I … More Nuthatch Freeze!
Up and at ’em, I thought. It was damned chilly out there and a good breeze blowing right up the firth; ach well, you’ve got to take the rough with the smooth eh? It was 08:59 when I parked the car and walked to the shore. Hats, coats, gloves on….. that breeze was COLD! There’s … More Ardersier – January 15th
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