Two Ochres A Heath Ochre Trapezites phigalia rests on leaf litter, with its wings closed along the line of the sunshine - so not casti...

Bees on blossom The garden has been full of honey bees over the past few weeks. First they had the apricot blossom, then the plums, no...

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...