The Hall of Einar Sunday Review #17
In The Dreamtime by Nicki Gwynn-Jones and Live at the Old Fruitmarket by Rura
In The Dreamtime by Nicki Gwynn-Jones and Live at the Old Fruitmarket by Rura
Some Puffins are just so… pristine. This one has definitely just had a cut and blow-dry. Don’t you love that feeling? When …
I had the most incredible day’s photography on the west coast of Westray. The sea was a raging tormented soul, with fomenting …
There’s a Twite on a wire. We’re down to our last 10,000 breeding pairs. There’s always a small, hardy flock here, perched …
I can’t hear the name Razorbill without hearing Howlin’ Wolf sing Wang Dang Doodle. Tell automatic slimTell razor totin’ jimTell butcher knife …
There’s a week in July which I call ‘peak Puffin’. It’s when every burrow is full of a hungry growing Puffling. Adults …
The west coast of Westray has some of the best walking in the islands. There are fossilised remains of ripples on the …
Fungi – card game by Brent Povis and Collins British Mushrooms & Toadstools photographic guide
Every time I mention that Curlews are threatened, that their populations are collapsing, that several of the species worldwide are threatened or …
During lockdown (or Loch Doon as Westray folk pronounce it, as if it’s a place) I’ve had time to walk and to …
Westray farmers work hard. Their familiar blue overalls billow in the wind as the breeze blows the washing on a fine day …
The clouds are like the insides of shells today. There’s a beautiful mother of pearl effect on the edges of the high …
There’s time for a quick trip to Noup Head. Dramatic cliffs, tens of thousands of seabirds, breathtaking views over the Ocean. What’s …
The coast is full of anxious Guillemots transporting a single silver fish each, flying in strict convoy. There are parading Puffins waiting …
Faraway People by Reg Meuross and The Wooden Postcard Company’s Matt Sewell’s birds
There’s a low flying Guillemot coming past the bottom of the cliffs. It’s a great aerodynamic shape, although perhaps I should say …
There are Puffins far below in the ocean. I’ve never been able to photograph them in the sea before, except as dots …
There are dramatic seas today. Here’s the Atlantic Ocean. There’s nothing west of here but the weather. And an Arctic Skua.
Here’s a Guillemot flying past me on the west Westray coast. It’s a grey day, but the rain has cleared and there’s …
I’m walking the west coast of Westray again. It’s wild and wonderful. There are processions of Guillemots coming past fast and low. …
After nearly all life on Earth is extinguished there will still be lichens. Why? Because they’re a composite organism. Lichens are mixture …
As I walk along the coast I sit and rest at a place where the waves crash. There’s a Razorbill flying towards …
I’m expecting to be attacked today. No, I’m not in an inner city, I’m on an island with a population of fewer …
I’m walking the remote western coast of Westray today. There’s enough phone signal for an emergency call and precious little else here. …
Great Skuas are large birds. They’re the size of a gull. They are powerful and barrel-chested. Bonxie is their local name, originally …
The west coast of Westray is by far the most beautiful and magnificent. It’s largely empty of buildings apart from ruins. Here …
Kittiwakes are beautiful, elegant gulls. Yes, those words really do go together. The UK has 8% of the world’s population. It’s one …
Hello and welcome to my Sunday Review. Every week I read great wildlife and nature books, see engrossing websites and hear wonderful …
Clamour. That’s the best word to describe it. That’s if you’re talking about sound. Pungent would probably the thing that comes to …
I’m off to the north today on the trail of Red-Necked Phalaropes. Yes, I know, it’s a silly name, isn’t it? I’ve …