Confident Ptarmigan A hen ptarmigan sits on her nest, quite relaxed - confident but watchful I have been surveying rock ptarmigan...

Dryas octopetala and a crafty spider Freshly opened flowers of Dryas octopetala on a cliff top  There are outcrops of limestone in t...

Surfin' Gadwall A pair of gadwall Anas strepera dabble in a stream outflow on the estuary It has been a wild and windy Spring...

Frogs spawning in a mountain pool   Common Frog Rana temporaria in a high hilltop spawning pool It is now mid-May and frogs are spa...

Sea-eagle and sandpiper It has been a hectic week, or rather two weeks for me recently, trying to study greenshanks and golden eagles in t...