Stig, Rex and Misty

February 10, 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.

It was time to go back to Assynt on the west coast this week. Friends of mine own a wood cabin on the edge of a loch – with no phone service and barely anyone else around, it’s one of my favourite places to stay. The weather has been unpredictable for weeks where I am. […]

A Cabin on Stilts

June 21, 2021.Reading time 9 minutes.

I can’t believe we’re almost halfway through the year already! June has flown by… I spent the whole of last week on the west coast of Scotland for an MA assignment. I had to organise a self-led trip and two of my previous plans had already been cancelled, so it was a relief to finally […]

Mammal Month

June 4, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

What a month! It’s usually birds that take up most of my camera’s memory card, but over the past few weeks I’ve been lucky enough to get some fantastic mammal sightings, including the second rarest carnivore in Britain… Badger Recently I visited a friend’s private hide. I arrived at 2:30pm and enjoyed squirrels, siskins and […]

Pine marten on the doorstep!

October 17, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

During a recent trip to Assynt on the west coast of Scotland to photograph the red deer rut, I was thrilled to see a pine marten right outside the window on the very first night. My partner and I noticed that its left eye looked misty so the following night we set up a trail […]

2019 Wrapped Up

December 24, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Christmas is here again, which means it’s time to reflect on what I’ve achieved in 2019. I still have a long way to go before I can really call myself a freelance writer, but I’m so proud of the progress I’ve made this year. A particularly significant event was the Grant Arms Wildlife Book Festival […]

The British Wildlife Centre

November 14, 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

The British Wildlife Centre (BWC) is a little pocket of countryside that combines wetland, woodland and marsh to create the ideal natural environment for around forty species native to the UK. The centre is home to birds, mammals and reptiles, some of which have been rehabilitated because of permanent injury or too much contact with […]

The Scourge of the Glen

April 28, 2019.Reading time 13 minutes.

Our meeting point was a narrow track just outside Aviemore. The light was beginning to fade and the moon shone in a clear sky, fringed by a sprinkling of stars. We threaded our way up the track, keeping an eye out for roe deer in the surrounding fields, and eventually reached the hide: an impressive […]