Feb
12
Sunnyside Beach, to the West of Sandend, is one of our favourite walks, even on a windy day like this one.
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Nov
26
The alums containing some of my bird photographs have now been upgraded from the old bankheadagility site.
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Jul
10
Photographs from warm summers evening spent watching the Gannets, Guillemots and Kittiwakes at Troup head. This was my first time to Troup head during the breeding season and it was a fantastic experience to see the Gannet chicks in their nests clinging precariously to small rocky ledges.
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Jun
27
Gret Herons are a relatively common sight at the River Don in Dyce
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Jun
03
A Greenfinch tucking in to the Sun Flower seeds at one of the bird feeders in the garden.
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May
20
I spent half an hour over a lunchtime in the bird hide next to the Bridge of Don. Shortly after I arrived a Cormorant landed some distance away to dry off its wings. The tide was relatively low allowing Oyster Catchers, Sandwich and Common Terns and Yellow Legged Gulls the ideal opportunity to search through the shoreline mud.
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Apr
15
Every spring the Pheasants that we often see in garden and fields around the house start squaring up to each other. It interesting to see these usually shy birds become oblivious to their surroundings as the compete with each other in search of a mate.
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Jan
05
Just some of the many visitors we have to the bird feeders dotted around the garden.
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Dec
25
Over the last few months Agnes had been telling me that she had seen a Woodpecker using the bird feeders we have in the garden, but each time she tried to point it out it was no where to be seen. Finally we were able to grab a picture from the kitchen window of it taking some peanuts.