Alloa 7°c
KNOWING that frogs were now returning to their breeding ponds, I…
A SWEET note, and then one more; a musical couplet, followed…
IN TERMS of rainfall, I’ve never seen a winter like it in recent…
ONE of the most enjoyable approaches to Gartmorn Dam is from…
WITH last week's blustery weather, I decided a sheltered walk was…
WHEN driving in my car last week between Dollar and Muckhart, a red…
STARTING on the Devon Way just by the Devonvale Hall in…
AS I MADE my way along a track on the Harviestoun estate near…
TUMBLING water over moss-covered rocks, the burbling noise of the…
SOFT winter sun and a gentle breeze, ruffling a sea of winter-wilted…
OUR green urban spaces are so very precious, and no more so than at…
ON THE eastern side of the River Devon estuary at Cambus, there are…
I APPROACHED the edge of the spreading flood on the haugh by the…
THE soft focus of robin redbreast against white winter snow is one…
AS I TROD carefully through woodland by the edge of Alloa, a kestrel…
A PIERCING whistle followed by a bolt of electric-blue as the…
AS I MADE my way along the bank of the River Devon at dawn, a…
THE soft light of a winter’s dusk descends over the River Devon…
I HAD been aware for some time now that beavers were slowly…
TUCKED away in the far north east corner of Clackmannanshire lies…
I WAS walking by a wooded edge near Alloa when the air was broken by…
I WAS in a quandary. I am writing a book on a wildlife year on the…
It is night-time, and I head out into my Clackmannanshire garden,…
NESTLED in the heart of Clackmannanshire lies the hamlet of Linn…
A COLD blast of muddy brown water swirls around my face, and then…
SOFT dawn light flickers over the River Devon by Tillicoultry, my…
SEPTEMBER air, so clear and fair; a time of swansongs for some…
THE Forth Rivers Trust (FRT) recently engaged in a fish sampling…
THE hike from the foot of Alva Glen was proving enjoyable, following…
NATURE'S rich bounty was swelling on either side of the walkway that…
I BRING my binoculars to bear upon a flicker of colour out on the…
DAWN is breaking and the soft glow of morning gains in intensity as…
DAWN is breaking and following the previous day's torrential rain,…
THE flickering wings of a green-veined white butterfly catches the…
IT IS DUSK and I’m sitting in my Clackmannanshire garden, soaking…
IT WAS the white that caught my eye; a flash of undulating paleness…
WILDFLOWERS are blooming in abundance throughout the Wee County at…
WHERE have all the house martins gone? I've seen a few hawking over…
THE ringing yodel of a green woodpecker carries across the trees…
THERE are young birds around wherever you look in Clackmannanshire…
YELLOWHAMMERS are wonderful little birds, typically found along farm…
IT IS INCREDIBLE the difference a few weeks make.
I HAVE never heard a skylark singing in a blizzard before, but…
IT'S said that the pioneering 18th century Swedish naturalist Carl…
I WAS delighted to present an illustrated talk recently to the…
THE vibrant colours of newly emerging leaves on our trees and bushes…
I DESCRIBED the Black Devon in this column a few years back as…
TAKE a woodland walk anywhere in Clackmannanshire over the next few…
A SMALL dark object swirls on the surface of the pool by the edge of…
THE stretch of the River Devon to the south of Alva is remote and…
