Best birding day ever...

When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building u

Mike will spare you you tales of his recent exploits in and around his local area... apart from what he saw this morning

I do love the weather as hot as it’s been throughout most of July, but it does have one major drawback; I end up sleeping with the window open, which means I have the blind up a fraction, which in tur

Our annual summer camp for many of my East Kilbride Scouts in 1977 was a choice between an expensive long distance coach trip to Switzerland or a cheaper and fun district camp at Glentrool, just an ho

10 great sites for brilliant birdwatching

Intimidated by seawatching? A pelagic trip gets you much closer to those seabirds, writes John Miles