After what feels like three months of solid rain and cloud, we finally have a little bit of high pressure tickling the west coast of Scotland, teasing us with clear skies and dry, frosty... read the full article

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After twelve days in the balmy shires of southern England I made it home to Knoydart on 2nd January.... read the full article

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In Knoydart today the sun rose at 9am and will set at 3.42pm giving us just six hours, forty-two minutes of daylight. Of course, those times are for when the sun actually rises above the horizon, assuming the horizon is... read the full article

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They said it would be windy and it was. Technically speaking the storm that hit us on 8th December wasn’t a hurricane – that name only applies to the mega-depressions that blossom in the mid-Atlantic – but the winds were hurricane... read the full article

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I watched BBC Autumnwatch’s report on the annual deer cull last night. Liz Bonin gave an excellent insight into this – as they put it – “controversial” subject. The use of this word was my only gripe with the BBC’s approach.... read the full article

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I used to get asked this question a lot when I was one of the Knoydart rangers. The truth is, it isn’t usually snowy as it is today. A typical winter involves weeks of rain, gales and grey mist. In a word, winter is... read the full article

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I’ve been taking advantage of some rare sunny weather to try to get some shots of the birds visiting my peanut feeders: chaffinches, great tits, blue tits, coal tits and a few goldfinches. I wanted to get the birds to perch on this spade handle so I set the feeder up just alongside... read the full article

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This is an old photo of mine but I thought I’d show it again as it has a bit of a story behind it. I saw this stag from a distance and could tell there was something wrong. Its antlers looked huge and the beast was walking with its head tilted to one... read the full article

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Breakfast today was porridge and toast. My wife and baby boy had the same but the otter sitting on the shore about fifty yards from the house was munching away on a chunky... read the full article

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