Feeling jet lagged after our travels we took a wander up the back lane to try and keep awake. We heard the insistent pleading “chook chook chook” of a baby woodpecker and tried to work out where it was coming from. We identified the tree, right next to the lane and saw a woodpecker flyingContinue reading “Striking Woodpeckers”
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The Wild West – Birds
It’s great to see and hear totally new birds when abroad. In America they have a robin too, but it apart from its amber chest it doesn’t look anything like our robin. It has a black back and is the size of a thrush. However it is vocal and happy to pose for photographs justContinue reading “The Wild West – Birds”
The Wild West -Mammals
Last month we visited first Colorado and then Oregon in Western USA. I went armed with my less cumbersome middle lens. The first wildlife that I photographed were these comical prairie dogs. They dug out big holes in the prairie earth and could be seen popping in and out of them. They were about theContinue reading “The Wild West -Mammals”
Mid May Sightings
No otter sightings at all for me this year on our visit to the Isle of Jura. The weather was wilder and the sea much choppier, so maybe that made them harder to spot. Or maybe we just weren’t lucky this year. But the seals were basking in their usual favourite place. You can seeContinue reading “Mid May Sightings”
Busy Back Lane Birds
A few seconds walk from my back door and I am on the most wonderful back lane a bird watcher could wish for. It goes steeply up through woodland but then levels out on open countryside bordered by hawthorn and gorse hedges. The other morning it was alive with birdsong from both native and migrantContinue reading “Busy Back Lane Birds”
Branching Out!
A week ago I could see that it wouldn’t be long before the two owlets left their cosy tree nest. The eldest of the two was stretching its wings and looking like it might attempt to leave. It’s a long way down to the ground, and it would have to drop down, owlets don’t flyContinue reading “Branching Out!”
A Sight to Delight
Yesterday I had a second visit to the River Kelvin in Glasgow’s West End to try and see the goosander chicks which I’d heard were there. At first the river seemed completely devoid of wildlife. I walked downstream and then retraced my steps. Then out of the lush green foliage on the opposite bank poppedContinue reading “A Sight to Delight”
Idyllic Spring Mornings
I’ve been dodging April showers and going out on the better mornings to see and listen to what’s going on in my local patch. I am so lucky to be able to step out of my back door and into the countryside. These past few mornings the overriding calls have been those of gutsy weeContinue reading “Idyllic Spring Mornings”
By the Waterside
The past two days I’ve gone with friends to the river Kelvin and the canal in the hope of seeing kingfishers. However none were to be seen. Nevertheless there were lots of other waterside birds worthy of photographing, not least this dipper who posed beautifully for me. It had been enjoying splashing in the rapidContinue reading “By the Waterside”
Seal Pup Season
I’ve seen lots of images of white fluffy seals on cards and on television documentaries. When my son was wee he used to have a pillow sized cuddly seal toy called Snowy which accompanied us on holidays. But until today I’d never seen a seal pup in the wild, let alone photographed them. It mightContinue reading “Seal Pup Season”
Sarah's Wildlife Watch 