Oct 27, 2019The Elgin OtterWhen we headed to the River Lossie, alongside Elgin, I had not expected to photograph an otter in the environment I did. I have been...
Jul 2, 2019The Bushnell Otter Challenge!As part of my guiding role with the Shetland Wildlife Tour, I take a range of Bushnell trail cameras and set them and to show the clients...
Apr 4, 2019Badger duo, Otters, Jay and Roe deer…The rest of the wildlife at Yew View this week has been somewhat eclipsed by arrival of the Tawny owlets! After many hours of going...
Mar 24, 2019Getting ready for owlets… and otters in the pond!We are now heading towards the end of incubation in our tawny box, with the eggs due to hatch towards the end of next week. It is very...
Mar 16, 2019Squirrel visitors in the Tawny Box and Otters in the pond!We are now half way through incubation in the Yew View Tawny nest box and it has been a challenging week for my pair… in more ways than...
Feb 8, 2019An Ottertastic and Tawnytastic week at Yew View!This week has been an exciting one for footage as the visits by the resident otters has increased greatly. We usually get one or two...
Dec 31, 2018Seeing out 2018 on the Black Isle; Pine Marten, Otter and windy coastlines…I decided to head up to Hillockhead, with Wren, to see out 2018… the open spaces, coast and the prospect of lots of trail cam footage is...
Oct 15, 2018More Great Otter Footage from HillockheadI have just processed some Bushnell footage that Tim sent me a few weeks ago. Locating some more potential otter sites, the Bushnells...
Jul 6, 2018Bushnell Shetland Otter Joy! Part 1You will have seen my recent blog posts from Shetland, as I guide with Shetland Wildlife as part of a special ‘Ultimate Shetland’ tour....
Jun 13, 2018Yew View Updates… Otter Footage & Buzzard Views!It was about time, I finally got some of our latest footage from YewView online! After a very wet winter and Spring, I finally got our...
May 25, 2018Yew View Otters Still Visiting!Last week, I finally set up the wired camera down by the river, to see if our otters were still visiting. With such a long Autumn, winter...
Nov 21, 2017Harvest Mouse Platform, Otter in the holt & mysterious morning mammals…..With winter on the way and natural food levels beginning to drop, I start thinking about our population of harvest mice around the...
Sep 29, 2017‘Otterly’ Brill Yew View Otters & Autumnwatch Filming!!Over the last two weeks, we have captured some wonderful footage of our resident otters! We have a female and two grown-up cubs visiting...
Apr 14, 2017Owlets & Otters!I couldn’t wait to get to Yew View this week as it meant I could look at the footage of our owlets! Although I can access a low...
Nov 21, 2016Heavy rain tests our floating otter cam platform….You may remember that, back in July, I built a floating platform for our HD otter cam. It is always a risk putting an expensive kit near...
Nov 17, 2016Autumnal Action at Yew ViewThis is a bit of a mega update from Yew View, with me spending 3 days on site over the last week and a half, including a couple of...
Oct 2, 2016Squirrels, Badgers, Otters and preparing for Tawnies!The first cameras I check each week at Yew View are the badger sett and the otter holt. Seeing if there has been any action there during...
Sep 25, 2016Otter Spraints, fox battles and last of the Summer ButterfliesWe managed to squeeze another lovely warm September day in at Yew View and, with the Autumn Equinox upon us, I know that warm sunny days...
Jul 16, 2016Creating a Floating Yew View Otter Cam PlatformAs you may remember, some weeks ago now, a sudden dramatic rise in the River Severn overnight meant we lost a wired HD camera and a...
May 1, 2016Exciting Yew View Otter Update!We have been getting some great Bushnell footage from the otter holt at Yew View. After the last flood that meant we lost two trail cams...