I'm sitting here with a cup of coffee as it gets light enough to count the greylag geese in the field outside. There are forty seven of...

Yesterday was a real 'pet day', as they are sometimes known here. I woke to a covering of settled sleet on the velux windows, and then...

After a very wet and windy night, there are moments of calm and a break in the rain. I'm looking out from the kitchen window at about...

Herons stretching their wings and sunbathing on the rocks, and an oyster catcher's bill shining brightly as it pokes around amongst the...

Here we are at the beginning of June and no meaningful blog – again. I must be the original reluctant blogger, but somehow life seems to...

Red deer, wagtails housemartins swallows hooded crows red fox oystercatchers herons (heard) cuckoos (heard) woodpeckers (heard) owl blue...