Cunning nest builders High in my list of favourite nests are those of the Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera . I remember wanting...

Spring at last  common and not so common, all welcome My blog has been quiet for quite a while recently, a reflection of not inactivity...

Three alpine/arctic specialist birds The path into Coire an t-Sneachda I went for a walk in the Cairngorms last week, to count Ptarmig...

Defence strategies of tundra birds A male Spotted Redshank comes close in defence of his chicks I spent the past two weeks in northern...

Remote Mountain Top Sunset Settled weather, dry underfoot and clear skies. The time had come for me to head off into the Fisherfield hil...