Long time no post! (Part 1)

Since my last post on here about the Scarlet Tanager down in Cornwall (seems like such a long time ago!) there have been some interesting developments..... from the pictures taken by myself and Steve Rodgers (here), as well as the video from John Chappell (here), compared to the photos of the bird that turned up the next day on the Scillies taken by Martin Goodey (here) it shows that it was in fact 2 different birds! What an incredible turn around!

Anyway, since then... (almost a year ago.... wow!), there have been some changes.... I have now finished working for the RSPB, hanging up my charity boots and moving to the private sector as a Field Ornithologist... I've moved too, now in the far north of Scotland instead of in the sunny South-West, but although the temperature has dropped considerably (as the amount of sunshine has too!) the wildlife up here is fantastic! Here's a few pictures of bits and bobs that I've come across while I've been up here...

 Otters on Brora beach

 Storm Petrel at Duncansby Head

 Slavonian Grebe at a private site in the Highlands

 Slavonian Grebe at a private site in the Highlands

 Capercaillie at a private site in the Highlands

 Bottlenose Dolphin at Chanonry Point

 Bottlenose Dolphin at Chanonry Point

Bottlenose Dolphin at Chanonry Point

 Arctic Terns at St. John's Pool

 Red-breasted Goose at Brora

 Ptarmigan on the Cairngorms

  Ptarmigan on the Cairngorms

  Arctic Terns at St. John's Pool

 Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth

 Colony of Auks on Duncansby Head

 Chequered Skipper at Allt Mhuic Butterfly Reserve, Fort William

 Chequered Skipper at Allt Mhuic Butterfly Reserve, Fort William

 Dotterel on Cairngorm

 Ptarmigan near Lairg

 Ptarmigan at Lairg

 Red-breasted Goose in Brora

But there hasn't just been this lot.... I've been all over the place in the last 12 months.... it's going to take a couple of posts to get through it all, so bear with me while I catch up!