Sam's

PHOTOPOETRY

...but it didn't happen! In essence, I dipped spectacularly on the Sooty Tern at Howick, and that was the over-riding sentiment as I...

Having got poor, distant views of the summer-plumaged adult Long-billed Dowitcher (and the very smart Spotted Redshank) at dusk the day...

With the journey north to Edinburgh being so familiar now (for pet/vet reasons!), the prospect of repeating it for the sake of a major...

Reliable owl sites round here are hard to find; birds that seem set up for life one year are gone the next. So, when I bumped into...

News of a mega on Holy Island was received with mixed emotions: it was the afternoon now and the prospect of a 5-hour round trip didn't...

A short hop to the wild moorland of the Borders at the start of lockdown relaxation during yet another spell of very warm, fine weather...

In early May, the significant sighting was an Osprey over the local reserve on 3rd whilst Grasshopper Warblers (c.5), Sedge Warblers and...

Enforced lockdown from 23rd March restricted my movements significantly. Peninsula birding was the only option but it wasn’t all bad...

An early morning trip up north and across the border reaped rewards in the form of 4 Black Grouse strutting their stuff on the...

Bit of an exaggeration: dipped on Ptarmigan (no sign near the ski-lifts) and Black Grouse (rain stopped play), but otherwise productive...