And other lovely things! On Sale in Etsy Shop. In bird of the week. Under the wide eaves, right out the kitchen window, these four eastern phoebes are getting ready to fledge.

If it has been a poor winter for Owls it has been my best ever for Jack Snipe. Todays late sighting has been my 108th since the first on the 10th October which is ten times more than I have ever seen in previous winters in fifty years! With the present weather they will not be flying east too quickly! A New Garden Bird. A dramatic week on Islay w.

Thanks for visiting my blog which is all about my coastal walk round Islay in aid of the Marine Conservation Society. Tuesday, 24 June 2008. Tuesday, 6 May 2008. It seemed fitting to combine my fortieth birthday with the very, very, very last stretch of my walk! Do - I wandered up to the precarous swing rope bridge and cautiously made my way across - on my own! No-one else dared to follow! The weather was glor.

A portrait of a little piece of Africa in Europe. Saturday, July 20, 2013. As far as we can tell European Shags Phalacrocorax aristotelis. Sunday, July 7, 2013. Wednesday, July 3, 2013. The Red Kite Milvus milvus.

The last couple of weeks. Since the delights of the Bee-eaters at Theberton, there have still been some really successful trips in the last few weeks. The next bird to go on the list was Nuthatch, where we had tried 3 times for this elusive bird in Shrubland Wood this year and failed. Well, on July 23rd, we finally saw one, calling and moving around the wood with a tit flock.

Flowers various, as food. Friday, 1 March 2013. What I photographed one night. Friday, 8 February 2013. Wild Boar pooh and inhabitants. Himantoglossum robertiana, the Giant orchid, a first taste and delightful smell of Spring. A Zebra Crossing A Zebra Crossing. Ιωάννινα - Φετιχιέ Τζαμί - Τάφος Αλή Πασά. Canon 7D mk 2 - High ISO and noise suppression. Kildonan, Isle of Arran.