Dare I say it?
18th Mar 2026
Has Spring finally sprung in this wee corner of Perthshire? … More Dare I say it?
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Not a Pheasant Plucker!
15th Mar 2026
Remember these things when you were younger? I was searching, in my brain, for a title for this one and ….. I’ve been off here for a while now, not sure why, I seem to have been in a bit of a doldrum lately. I’m finding that everything, everywhere is becoming very watered down so … More Not a Pheasant Plucker!
A good day for a walk
1st Mar 2026
February 27th – I’ve been hankering after a walk to Scurdieness lighthouse for quite some time now. There’s about a one hour drive across Angus to get there, on the East coast and on the South shore of the River South Esk opposite the town of Montrose. Our weather apps had been foretelling of a … More A good day for a walk
Another chilly wander
26th Feb 2026
February 12th – back up to Backwater reservoir for a wander, used to visit two or three times a week but that has tailed off a little, i think the forestry work and the weather of course has decided for me but I’m trying to get back there as often as possible. … More Another chilly wander
How low can you get?
25th Feb 2026
As I approached the lane I started to hear a deep droning sound. I couldn’t quite work out the direction or even what it was, an aircraft taking off from Dundee? A tractor in the field over the hill? … More How low can you get?
More cute?
19th Feb 2026
Having edited and loaded up my shots of the Red Squirrel yesterday, this morning when I started Lightroom, I clicked on a folder named 2024! I clicked on a few empty folders below that until … I stumbled upon a selection of “heelan coo” shots. I now remember these were in the field across the … More More cute?
First of the year!
17th Feb 2026
The first Red Squirrel shots of the year and I’m hoping for many more … More First of the year!
Birds on the Patch
15th Feb 2026
February 11th – My usual loop, along the top of the field, down to the wild cam site and up to the feeding post. I’m starting to realise I have a few stopping points on these walks, which vary depending on activity and the route I take. … More Birds on the Patch
Walking in Dreich
11th Feb 2026
Much as I love the word dreich, it just works, I am getting truly fed up of it, grey, dull, dank skies, often raining and not real rain but that misty wet stuff that clings when it lands. To my memory, the last sunny day we had was Jan 19th when i went up to the reservoir, the sun did try to get through a couple of days back but only for a few minutes, then gave up. Apparently the Jetstream is pointing right at us and a weather front is stuck over Scandinavia and we’ve had Easterly winds all this time ……. cold! … More Walking in Dreich
Amazed
8th Feb 2026
On January 19th I took a walk at the reservoir and was a little shocked to see the water level had barely risen and, yes, the sun shone! It’s been a while. The water level was just over 27 metres at the tower; it had been just below that before Christmas.
So the object of today’s walk was, after ALL the rain we’ve had, has the level risen yet? … More Amazed
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