Working with kids and animals
Don’t work with children or animals! Apparently that’s how the old adage goes. I will say this though; many of my fondest memories...
50 shades of Fallow
A short notice tour today with a couple of good friends, Franz and Catriona. Catriona wanted to see fallow deer and I was happy to...
A winter wonderland
Today’s mountain safari was a bit different to be honest as we had snow on the hills!!!! Snow? In January? “The man is nuts” I hear you...
Westhill Wanderers
I was contacted a while back about taking some folks out on the hill to see what species we could, namely Ptarmigan and White Hare. My...
Passing the baton
I have, through the years, met some really special people, particularly on my beaver tours. One such girl is Kirsten, an awe inspiring...
Nature Nuts....The first year
The first year of Nature Nuts, up to now, has been tremendous. The various beasties and birdies that have been witnessed on various tours...
A drop of the white stuff
A week before Christmas, up a Munro on the Eastern Cairgorms/Grampian hills and the temperature is +10!!!! What the hell is going on?...
"Ages on the hill"
Today, Nature Nuts had a wee wander up the Munro’s of Glenshee with a group of lovely young ladies from Montrose. Earlier on in the year...
Nature v Camera v Trust
I have spent a lot of my time trying to get Nature Nuts going as a business but the business itself is reaching a non-profit making...
Starlings
A much maligned bird is the starling, however I just love them. One of my earliest memories of starlings was in the 70's when trim phones...