Cliffs and caterpillars on the Oa. Fabulous photos from davidwood

Out on the Oa's cliffs today in stunning but hazy conditions, highlight was this Dew moth caterpillar. I've looked for these before without success, but just bumped into this one on a path. BC Scotland BC Glasgow & South-West Scotland 🐛🦋 Richard Lewington

N.contaminatus dung beetles have just emerged on The Oa, #Islay and are busy shredding whole cow pats in double quick time. Dung Beetles for Farmers Farm Wildlife

Big Strand, Kintra, Islay.

The Big Strand this morning busy as usual

I have some news to share with you all ❤️

This last year has shown us the importance of a sustainable, locally produced food supply, but the government wants to turn farmers into land managers, and import food from the other side of the world?

Port Ellen this morning

Never step on a LEGO brick again! SmartBricks, coming soon...

Getting really bored with the The SNP infighting. Come on guys, we need to get a referendum then win the damned thing. This isn't the way to go. You can argue about all these incidentals once we are free. If you don't, then the games a bogey.

Hearing that Boris Johnson and other UK government ministers are planning visits to Scotland’s vaccination centres. How disruptive to the staff who are absolutely up against it timewise. We’re trying to get folk through this system. This is not a PR opportunity 😡

Monday morning’s tune is a great old 2/4 Pipe March - ‘The Braes of Castle Grant’ written by Duncan MacDonald and G S MacLennan.
Hope it gets your week off to a bright start !! 🌅
#TuneWithAView
Creative Scotland

A nice big weedy stubble turnip field on a nearby farm on #islay feeding lambs and full of twite, skylarks, linnets, lapwings, golden plovers and curlews. Great winter resource for birds and useful for the farm, good stuff.

Snow is always a bit of a novelty on Islay. Made feeding the Giving Nature a Home Glasgow heilan coos fun this morning on The Oa, #Islay

Wow!

It's taken them a few days to filter down from NW Scotland, but some Yellow-browed warblers finally made it to #Islay , a remarkable 7 on the Giving Nature a Home Glasgow Oa reserve today.

Great News! Local shop opening ! Congratulations Evie!

Immature male Common Rosefinch singing away on The Oa this morning whilst I was out feeding the coos. #islay

Couple of better pics of today's Common Rosefinch, after the shaky video this morning. It might not be the most glamorous of birds, but it's likely come from India, which makes up for it, surely?

We’ve received unconfirmed reports of visitors to Islay attempting to access one of the island’s distilleries.
All Islay’s distilleries are closed to visitors. Please do not attempt to travel to the island; Scotland is still in lockdown. Stay at home.