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On my walks back and forth across fields to observe the tawny owls I’ve loved seeing other wildlife in amongst the buttercups, in the hedges and on the pond. I never know what is going to pop up in my line of vision next. I’ve not seen the fawns again. I suspect they are tuckedContinue reading “All on a Summer’s Evening”

After weeks of watching I finally saw an owlet in the tawny’s nest in the wood. Two years ago I saw three owlets in the nest but it appears that this year there is just the one. Or is that another owlet tucked in behind it? Other siblings may have branched out from the nestContinue reading “Tawny Owlet”

I’ve never seen fawns out in the open until today when I spotted a pair having a runabout at the far end of a buttercup field. Mum was not far away and when she emerged from a nearby barley field her twins came over to suckle. Once they had had their feed Mum led themContinue reading “Frolicking Fawns”

I’ve seen triangular road signs on the Islands of Mull and North Uist warning motorists that otters might be crossing the roads. There is only one main road on the Isle of Jura, and no signs warning of otters. Maybe they don’t need any, as an otter I encountered whilst cycling seemed to know itsContinue reading “Otter Encounters – Part Two”

I’ve just got back from the Isle of Jura where I was lucky enough to spot an otter at least ten times! They were enjoying the good weather as much as us humans and it was a treat to watch them fishing along the shoreline. This one crossed a sandy beach in front of meContinue reading “Otter Encounters – Part One”

As well as the puffins on the Isle of May there are also loads of other birds of interest. On the sea and the cliffs are guillemots, which I think look a bit like penguins. A ranger pointed out a variant which had white rings around its eyes called a “bridled guillemot”. There are 20%Continue reading “Also on the Isle of May …”

Yes, 55,000 pairs have landed on the Isle of May! Last Wednesday we took a boat trip on “The May Princess” from Anstruther to see them. There hardly looked anything like over 100,000. However most of those on land had now reunited with their life partners and were now sitting on single eggs in theirContinue reading “The Puffins have Landed”

Nesting and breeding is hungry work so there are still birds taking advantage of the peanut feeder in my garden. A new visitor this year is the nuthatch, which spends most of its time upside down, whether on tree trunks or bird feeders. Nuthatches are striking looking birds with their dusky blue backs and buffContinue reading “The Nutty Upside Down Bird”