Monthly Archives: May 2009

I was lookng for more pictures of  kittiwakes so I went up to St Abbs early this morning the light was quite good and I got these pictures using the canon 500mm f4 lens mounted on a tripod. I find … Continue reading →

The Rare Bord Alert pager was sounding this afternoon, it been quiet latley and iy told me of a bluethroat on Holy Island. I was down at Bamburgh, so I went to the island. I got there 30 mins later … Continue reading →

I went down to Cresswell Northumberland Wildlife Trust Reserve at Druridge Bay. I was thinking the barn owl might be showing after all the windy weather we have had in the past few days. (They don’t like flying in the … Continue reading →

I went back to Cocklawburn this afternoon. I was interested in the sandwich terns that seem to congregate there at high tide. I watched them fishing and returning to feed their mate roosting at the high tide mark. They where … Continue reading →

I was driving through Mindrum, which is a small hamlet in the Scottish Borders near to Kelso and Coldstream, I was on the look out for hares again, but the high wing was keeping them low in the grass and … Continue reading →

I have a number of pictures hanging in the Belford Gallery, which is in Belford Northumberland, not far from Bamburgh just off the A1. I was dropping some more pictures off and when I finished I traveled back to Wooller … Continue reading →

I had a break from work this afternoon, so I went down to a local patch, its only 20 minutes from home just down the coast from Berwick upon Tweed and its called Cocklawburn. The area is rough grassland next … Continue reading →

It’s that time of year again, the time to go onto the Farne Islands  to photograph puffins, razorbills and guillemots and of course the arctic tern. From May 1st the full day trips start operating as well as the half … Continue reading →

I visited Yetholm Loch, a place new to me. It nestles in the Cheviot Hill neat to Town Yetholm and Kirk Yetholm and is run by Scottish Natural Heritage. It was a beautiful still evening, there was about an hour … Continue reading →