The corncrake is a divisive bird; exotic rarity, or noisy pest!  Whichever camp you’re in, here are a few things you always wanted to know about corncrakes but were too…

WOW!!!!! We’ve had somewhere between one and two dozen dolphins playing off the West coast of Waternish today. I spotted tham around lunch time around the Carnach area and they…

Personally I did not do very well when I took part in the RSPB’s Big Garden Watch this year, only had 5 birds in the garden in the hour that…

At this time of year the hills and glens of Scotland are covered in a purple hue – heather is in bloom and the Highlands and the Isle of Skye…

Beautiful flowers! I am told that these are: A rare Butterfuly Orchid – taken on Waternish, Common Spotted Orchid & Common Orchid (with bug!).

Locally (Waternish) the plants you use will give yellows; there are berries that give reddish or blue-ish tones, but they fade. I use meadowsweet for the softer yellows, tansy for…

As well as the sparrow hawk, I’ve also just had a report of a corncrake in another garden locally. Here is photographic evidence, but the bird was rather coy and…

Red deer have been present in Scottish highlands since the Ice Age and therefore are a truly native species. Adult males (Stags) and females (Hinds) lead separate lives for most of…

Siskins are small members of the Finch family.  A few stay on Skye all year round, but most migrate to the south of the UK for the winter before returning…

For those of us who earn a living from the sea, the seasonal changes  can be every bit as marked and varied as the seasons ashore, and can be one…

The slow moving Basking shark, being the second largest fish in the sea can reach an incredible size of 10 metres,(although the average adult length is from 6.5 to 9metres)…

It only takes a few sunny days to forget the long winter months and feel the joys of spring. The days are getting longer, wild flowers add splashes of colour…