Author Archives: Alan Gordon

I visited Blacktoft today for the first time in ages! I got there about 11am and the sky was clear and fairly bright. There was a slight breeze but nothing to prevent the birds from flying. I realised some time … Continue reading →

It was coming up to two months since my last visit to Old Moor, so I thought I’d best go there today to see if it was still there! It was a warm day for September, but a bit muggy … Continue reading →

176 – Crested Tit At long, long last I got to visit Loch Garten yesterday. Like the Loch of the Lowes, Scotland’s other Osprey centre, it’s a place I’ve wanted to visit since ever I can remember. Since we were … Continue reading →

175 – Twite Helen and I went to Arbroath today. At Victoria Park there is about a mile and a half of coastline immediately adjacent to King’s Drive which leads to the cliff-top path. Last week I got some fab … Continue reading →

I went to a new reserve today – Morton Lochs in Tentsmuir Forest at the North-East corner of Fife. There are four hides at Morton Lochs, three overlooking the lochs themselves and a fourth one which looks into woodland and … Continue reading →

I’ve wanted to visit the Loch of the Lowes since I was a little boy. I must have passed near the reserve hundreds of times in the past, enroute to Pitlochry or back home to Forfar, but it wasn’t until … Continue reading →

I’m up in Forfar again just now and took the opportunity today to visit two of my favourite local birding venues – Montrose Basin and the RSPB’s Loch of Kinnordy reserve. I hadn’t been to Montrose Basin for a while … Continue reading →

174 – Corn Bunting Helen and I went to Frampton Marsh today. It was a bright and fairly warm day with just a light breeze blowing – just perfect for a walk round one of our favourite reserves. I’d been … Continue reading →

It was back to Blacktoft Sands this evening on the hottest day of the year so far. I couldn’t go during the day as the heat was just oppressive. As it was when I left my house at about 4pm … Continue reading →

I went somewhere new today – Hatfield Moors National Nature Reserve, near Doncaster. I hadn’t really meant to go there but thought I would call in for a quick look with a view to making a more thorough investigation of … Continue reading →