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Noise to weight ratio
There’s a Wren on a post. I wouldn’t have seen it if it wasn’t for the enormous volume of its call. Wrens surely have the highest noise to weight ratio of any British bird.
There’s a Wren on a post. I wouldn’t have seen it if it wasn’t for the enormous volume of its call. Wrens surely have the highest noise to weight ratio of any British bird.
I’ve visited Sangar Mill before. It’s a tiny windmill which was built in the 19th Century and which was still used to …
I’m crouching down on shattered bare rocks in the desolate far north of Westray trying to get a photograph of a Ringed …
A garden of Sea Pinks makes every bird photograph look better. This incubating Fulmar has the perfect vantage point, surrounded by a …
I’ve been enjoying floats of Eider Ducks all around Westray this summer. Occasionally I’ll see a group of males hassling a female. …
Young Rabbits are such perfectly packaged bundles of protein that it’s no wonder Rabbits need to breed like… well, Rabbits. Some parts …
Westray truly is the land of a million stabs. That’s what the wooden fence posts are called here. They’re perfect perching posts …
The scientific name of the Grey Seal is Halichoerus grypus. The title of this post may tell you what the translation of that …
I’m grateful to a Hooded Crow for rousing this Lapwing into a frenzy of protest. It’s been circling, complaining, and swooping at …
There’s a Pennine Finch on barbed wire. That’s a cue for me to lift my lens up: Lovely, aren’t they?
There’s a Watery Pleeps overhead. At least that’s what an Orcadian would call it. South it would be a Redshank and internationally …
Ravens love a choice cut of Rabbit. Skin on. There can be over twenty of them in the dunes at the Sands …
Arctic Skuas come in several different colour varieties. Here’s the darkest: Aren’t the feather patterns on its underwings beautiful? They’re elegant and …
Scientists have placed Swallows into wind tunnels and studied the aerodynamics of their flight. Their long tail streamers appear to help their …
The Sea Pinks are at their quivering best and this tight group in a cosy crevice has a heart-shaped stone for company. …
Ravens are wary birds. They recognise humans from a huge distance and fly away, because all of those who didn’t have been …
Every beach on Westray has a different character. There are pure white shell sand beaches which wouldn’t be out of place in …
Out past the beach and the relative calm of the Bay of Swartmill is a shattered and splintered landscape of monochrome rocks …
I love to see Linnets, with their bouncing flight, and constant twittering. They are nesting in my garden again.
It’s a dull day but I’m forcing myself to go out. If you only ever went out on sunny days in Orkney, …
I’ve abandoned the car and I’m exploring some of the abandoned buildings of Westray. This building has what must be a piece …
It’s rare for me to photograph Dunlin. They’re normally too far away and I don’t want to disturb them. It’s only if …
As soon as I walk anywhere on the coast of Westray, there’s a noisy complaint. The Shaalders, or Scolders, are out, and …
Wheatears are back on Westray. They’ve made their way from Africa to Westray to raise their families in hollows, rabbit burrows and …
South Devon is a special place, full of beautiful coves, red sandstone cliffs, flooded river valleys and a history of seafaring and …
I’m fascinated by the senses and consciousness of other species. They inhabit such strange ‘other’ worlds. Judging by how fascinated this Grey …
I’m walking in the far north of Westray. I’ve been scrambling up cliffs, walking across rocky beaches and yomping across grassy fields. …
I’d like to know if there’s some research about the angle of dive which different tern species use. Is the angle they …
It would be easy to think, as an outsider, that Orkney is a single place. It isn’t. It’s a whole series of …
Sometimes Oystercatchers call out in alarm as I approach. Sometimes they fly and harass me. Sometimes they just sit and watch. This …