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March 31, 2023
Latest Photos: March 2023 – (Blog Post 56)
March turned into a great month for urban wildlife in and around Edinburgh - spring was clearly just round the corner! Dippers we...
March 20, 2023
Latest News: Scots Magazine Finalist – Photographer of the Year 2023 – (Blog Post 55)
Scots Magazine - Photographer of the Year 2023 I am delighted to say that my 'Kingfisher on the Water of Leith' has been selected...
February 28, 2023
Latest Photos: Jan / Feb 2023 – (Blog Post 54)
Well, January 2023 was full of highs and lows... literally! Floods As the New Year 2023 started, we were still coping with...
December 30, 2022
Latest Photos: December 2022 – (Blog Post 53)
I have to say that December has turned into an extraordinary month in Edinburgh - snow, hail, rain, frost, fog, sunshine & tem...
November 30, 2022
Latest Photos: November 2022 – (Blog Post 52)
Snow & rainfall really changed the wildlife environment overnight at the start of November.  Water levels rose by 4-5 feet in ...
November 1, 2022
Photo Exhibition at the Water of Leith Visitor Centre – Nov 2022 – (Blog Post 51)
I'm delighted to announce that I have a photo exhibition of 45x framed prints, on display at the Water of Leith Visitor Centre, La...
October 31, 2022
Latest photos from Islay, Jura & Arran – October 2022 – (Blog Post 50)
October has flown by, helped by 10 days on the isles of Islay, Jura & Arran off the west coast of Scotland.   ...
September 30, 2022
Latest Photos – 30 September 2022 – (Blog Post 49)
Well September has been a month like no other recently, for photographing the Edinburgh otters, on the Water of Leith.  This...
September 18, 2022
Latest News – Otter in The Herald – (Blog Post 47)
One of my otter photos appeared in Vicky Allan's article about otters in the city, in The Herald, on 17 September 2022.   ...
September 13, 2022
Latest News – Newington Library Talk – Sept 2022 – (Blog Post 46)
Apologies but my talk at Newington Library on Mon 19 Sept 2022 has now been postponed due to the Queen's funeral. We have decid...
August 30, 2022
Latest Photos: August 2022 – (Blog Post 45)
Another great month for photographing wildlife in August, not only in Edinburgh but also around Scotland.  I've been away for ab...
August 18, 2022
BBC Wildlife Magazine POTD – (Blog Post 44)
My picture of these young fox cubs on the Water of Leith was the BBC Wildlife Magazine’s POTD today
July 31, 2022
Latest Photos: July 2022 – (Blog Post 43)
I've had four fabulous weeks in July - I took trips to Morton Lochs at Tentsmuir, Loch Leven, Linlithgow Loch and several hotspots...
July 14, 2022
Latest Project – Green Woodpeckers 2022 – (Blog Post 42)
One of my goals for 2022 was to photograph green woodpeckers &, if I got lucky, to photograph their stunning chicks in July.  ...
July 1, 2022
Latest Photos – Isle of May – June 2022 – (Blog Post 41)
Isle of May - 28 June 2022 The Isle of May, on the Firth of Forth, is one of the best places in Scotland to photograph seabirds -...
June 25, 2022
Latest News – 48 hours on the Isle of Bute – (Blog Post 40)
I spent 48 hours (51 hours 10 mins to be precise!) on the Isle of Bute this week, photographing as much wildlife as I could.  I ha...
June 15, 2022
Latest Photos – Argaty Red Kites – June 2022 – (Blog Post 39)
Spent yesterday afternoon at Argaty Red Kites, photographing these magnificent birds - here is a selection of shots from that sess...
May 25, 2022
Latest News – Talk to the Astley Ainslie Community Trust – (Blog Post 38)
I was delighted to be asked to speak at the end of the Astley Ainslie Community Trust's AGM on Wed 25 May 2022. The first half of...
May 22, 2022
Latest News – Talk to Saughton Park Nature Group – May 2022 – (Blog Post 37)
Very grateful to Ross Lawford for inviting me to speak to the Saughton Park Nature Group. Ross is an Otter specialist and has wri...