Dare I say it?
Has Spring finally sprung in this wee corner of Perthshire? … More Dare I say it?
Has Spring finally sprung in this wee corner of Perthshire? … More Dare I say it?
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!
The first Red Squirrel shots of the year and I’m hoping for many more … More First of the year!
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
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
We’ve been invaded by green birds! Tell me, what can you see in this melee? garden visitors
Our bird feeders have remained jammed with birds during this past week or so of highly variable weather which is mostly, very cold. … More Ongoing invasion
I’m going to attempt to embed my nature clips from the wildlife camera and, perhaps separately, some clips I’ve recorded myself. … More Wildlife on the Patch
January 5th 2026, the snow started falling and the birds flocked to our feeders … More The day it snowed
Peace and happiness to all. … More Happy New Year