MY first positive recollection of grey seals was many years ago when I was fortunate to become the warden of Inverpolly National Nature Reserve, north…
PHOTOGRAPHY, as regular readers will know, has always been one of my interests, especially as images can be used to illustrate articles such as these.
IT has been a number of years since I went to the Moy Field Sports Fair. Last time I went there were two large tents packed with secondhand books and…
IN late May there was an intriguing press release from the RSPB as the title read "Nature’s best is not always beautiful – RSPB makes legless…
The recent press release from Butterfly Conservation gives details of one of their latest surveys which, in this case, they are hoping we can all help…
ONE of the most evocative calls at this time of the year, and indeed for the last few weeks, is the haunting calls of the curlew and we are fortunate…
THERE are many emails and contacts from readers of this column and it is one of the reasons, as far as am concerned, it is so satisfying.
I ALWAYS considered myself privileged to have been the founder chairman of not only the Highland Biological Recording Group, but also the Highland Branch…
The temptation to see how the new RSPB hide was coming on at Udale Bay was too much, which is why last week I called in to see what was happening.
THE dead badger on the roadside last week started me thinking about these enigmatic mammals which still seem to hold their own, despite the pressures…
One of the pleasures of the winter months is to look forward to and plan where to go in the summer which is why my thoughts turned to Glen Affric...
ONE of my lasting memories of bonfires is coppicing old hazel woodland and burning most of the cleared branches.
