Domenico
I had no expectations when I first visited the Italian Chapel in Orkney. I’d not seen any photographs larger than postage stamps …
I had no expectations when I first visited the Italian Chapel in Orkney. I’d not seen any photographs larger than postage stamps …
It’s time for me to catch the ferry away from Orkney for a short while. I have an evening to spare and …
It’s nearly time for the Atlantic Puffins to depart. I’d like to say goodbye and good luck to them, so I set …
This Puffin photograph looks as if it deserves a caption. So does this one: This one already has a caption:
Getting a photograph of a Puffin flock is tricky. They’re fast and fly with seemingly random twists and turns. Too few birds …
It’s taken me four years but I can now safely call myself a nature photographer. That’s worrying. The first time I was …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …