Flying rowans

Heather Beaton, RSPB Scotland Uists Warden, shares a lovely piece on the magical flying rowan... Flying rowans They are the flying ones, these rowan that grow elsewhere. They could be on fenceposts...
'Flying' female

Female hen harrier showing off her flying skills as part of the Skydancing Circus Show, at Greenhead Duck Day, 28th July 2013. The show was created and performed by Five Ring Circus, the youth group...
Thoughts of home

I bumped in to an old primary school friend the other day. I hadn’t seen her for 17 years but she seemed just as lovely as she had been back then. She reminded me of playtime at my childhood home....
Kites at home

RSPB Scotland Conservation Officer Jenny Weston has spent some time reflecting on when she first joined the RSPB as a red kite officer and shares her more recent stories of spotting red kites while we...
Homing in on nature

With autumn very much bedding in, I thought I'd do a stock take of my wildlife. I say “my” wildlife because I'm referring to all the regulars I hear and see as I get on my bike or jump in my car in the...