EAGLETON NOTES

I tend to look at everything in a positive way. Probably because I've been one of life's fortunate people in that so far I've w...

I woke to the strong aroma of freshly brewed coffee. I could tell from the type of light peeping around the bedroom curtains that it wa...

I know most of you will have seen this view before but I thought that, after yesterday's dreich photo, I would show the view from my ki...

I do not think that in the nearly 40 years I have lived on Lewis I have ever positively identified a Kestrel here before today.  Today I no...

For those of you who also follow A Hebridean in New Zealand this post might be a real case of déjà vu because I've also posted this o...

A couple of days ago I was at the breakfast bar having a meal when a Grey Wagtail suddenly arrived at the pond for a drink.   The light was ...

I know that it's a few years - 2005 to be exact - since I spent any of the winter months on Lewis however this year I'm really missi...

I used to see lots of Buzzards in Eagleton.  Or perhaps, to be more accurate, I used to see Buzzards very frequently – it may well have been...

The peninsula on which I live has a low ridge down the middle.  I live on the East side of the peninsula.  The main road into the town of St...

When I get back: All the birds have gone.  Pat's been feeding them in my absence but there was food left in the feeders this morning an...

I'm home and it's now the end of the day. A day which started with me, as always, at the computer answering emails and, today, star...

Just below the house but unseen from the house is a little beach which escapes the attention of all but the most knowledgeable or explorator...

Today started for me when I woke just after 0600 to sun and warmth. And it is still warm and sunny 15 hours later at 2100. CJ and I had n...