Raven over Einar
There’s a Raven perched at the back of Einar. By the time I get my camera it is already in flight. I …
Notes on a very small island
There’s a Raven perched at the back of Einar. By the time I get my camera it is already in flight. I …
Bones picked clean, floats, driftwood branches and strange objects all collected in a box; I love beachcombing.
Wednesday night is fish and chips night at Jacks Chippy at Pierowall Fish. That’s a source of great excitement to me. I’ve …
There’s a juvenile Sanderling on the rocks. It pitter-patters busily among the seaweed. Suddenly I realise there are a flock of them …
Cars are a danger to wildlife. On the road back from Pierowall there is a Hedgehog corpse. Forty years ago I spotted …
Beadlet Anemones are vicious territorial monsters. There are both male and female anemones and each of them can become pregnant on their …
I love the Westray Industrial Show with a strange and rather bizarre passion. There’s something deeply appealing about the vegetable competition, the …
On a clear day in Westray you can see the Mainland. No, not the mainland of Scotland, but Orkney Mainland.
It takes a lot of courage or stupidity (at least what counts as that in the so called First World) to put …
What’s the quickest way of dispersing a crowd? Take a collection! I’m getting my cap and my running shoes out to raise …
Tonight we chased the sunset over Westray. First there was a walk along the Bay of Tafts. Then a view of high …
Every visit to Westray brings the same anticipation for me; which flavour of Yeo Valley yoghurt will the shop have to the exclusion of all others?
Common Seals are wonderful and wild animals. This one at Broughton is yawning and showing its teeth perfectly; three front teeth, one …
The seals at Broughton on Westray are curious.
It appears that Westray Wildlife will be continuing their two-for-one offers for the remainder of the month. :)
It’s the afternoon and the seals are out in force at Broughton on Westray. From all appearances they seem to have had dinner; at least that’s what I look like after I’ve had mine.
Forty years ago today I was happy with my head in a rock pool and beach-combing in South Wales. Today I’m happy …
Forty years ago today I was 12 years old and combing the beaches in Tenby looking for interesting finds for my nature …
Forty years ago my nature notebooks show that I wasn’t just observing the natural world but I was prodding it and poking …
Forty years ago I was a 12 year old boy and was busy writing my nature notebooks. I made detailed drawings of …
I always thought that it was odd that so much seaweed washes up on beaches. If seaweed has evolved over millions of …
40 years ago I was on holiday and writing my nature notebooks with a full account of every species that I identified. …
Forty years ago I was 12 years old and had just started my nature notebooks. I drew what I saw on holiday …
Small Periwinkles are beautiful. Forty years ago today on 15 August 1976 I was on holiday and I was describing them in …
Butterflies are very noticeable insects. They have large bright wings and fly during the day. How they escape being eaten by birds …
Sometimes there’s just too much wildlife going on here in Westray. We’re sitting on the beach in Pierowall Bay watching the seals …
Forty years ago I was twelve years old and had been using a Single Lens Reflex camera for a couple of years. …
Forty years ago I was scouring the beaches at Tenby looking for any interesting living creatures. As is so common, I only …