Since we moved back to a rural setting in Central Scotland my bird observing and the variety of birds accessible to me on a daily basis has not only changed but improved, in my opinion. A couple of years back, a pair of Pied Wagtails used our garden as a food source for themselves and … More Wee Willie
We live in Central Scotland, well, East central Scotland I guess? Is it important? I think that in relation to the sky we look at then, yes, to an extent. If you are looking at my photographs and thinking of Scotland, where we are in relation to Aurora Borealis in the far North, then it … More Star Trails and Aurora
The A-Z all goes a bit awry here, not many garden visitors under these letters so, I’ll aggregate, improvise, cluster? Jackdaw I think I mentioned before that we have a lot of Corvids around us and the Jackdaws are probably the most vocal and possibly the cheekiest? Jackdaws drop in several times a day, opportunists, … More Our Garden Visitors (J-M)
G! There are quite a few of these so, G has its own page! The first one on the RSPB alphabetical pages is the Goldfinch, possibly our brightest, most colourful garden bird and, a beautiful singer, if you ever hear them, you’ll know what I mean. We get quite a lot of them in the … More Our Garden Visitors (G)
The only bird that falls into this grouping is the Fieldfare which I would never normally call a garden bird but during Winter months, they can drop in on the lookout for extra food and they love Apples. We’ve had one or two drop in during early snows and they’re feisty! Our most recent one … More Our Garden Visitors (E-F)
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)
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
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
In my memory this year hasn’t been great so far for clear night skies, sunsets or sunrise, not to say there haven’t been any, of course there has it just feels like we had a lot of cloudy or rainy nights and mornings. That said, I grab the opportunities when I can 🙂 Not a … More Through January
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