(Please visit the site to view this video) Every year on the RSPB Scotland Oa reserve we plant some crops that are left to go to seed, to act as giant bird feeders. Most years this attracts a mixed finch flock, with an impressive 500 or so twite and...

My final week of residential volunteering on the Isle of Coll. With some fairly overcast weather, (largely absent from my entire stint!) David and I set about the creation of the second ‘land (swamp) bridge.’ Having previously had issues with...