Sam's

PHOTOPOETRY

The 13th, 14th and 15th August proved to be something of a purple patch, relatively speaking - and in terms of my garden list. From the...

Species no. 404 was a doddle. Okay, so it involved another long drive but the bird had been present for a month (remarkably) and in the...

The summer months are usual a quiet affair round here but Barn Owls and Tawny Owls have had a bumper year it seems and have been out in...

Well, I missed the main Skua passage by a week and it rained 80% on the time I was there but despite all this, I managed to get some...

It had been a while since my last lifer and with the long-staying mega still showing well down south, I couldn't resist. The Baikal Teal...

What a trip! 340 species including 249 lifers and 16 endemics - without really trying (apparently) and with a whole bunch of culture...

There was a time when Cattle Egrets were a major rarity - I remember my first in Norfolk about 20 years ago and the crowds of twitchers...

After a fairly lengthy walk from the car-park and a long time spend sifting through the Tufties at Tindale Tarn, I eventually set eyes on...

Huge flock of Twite encountered on the marsh today - c.500! And about 300 Skylark, too. Astonishing sight. Peregrine on a post, too.

Well, I got there eventually. Lengthy hikes around Hopes Reservoir, Lothian, enabled me at long last to connect with this species and get...