by Keith Broomfield | May 21, 2024 | Wildlife
By Keith Broomfield They were flowers of the sea breeze, a sweeping carpet of yellow-dazzled colt’s-foot that swept along the wild Knoydart foreshore in a shimmering celebration of the beauty of a west highland spring. Often described as Scotland’s last wilderness,...
by Keith Broomfield | Feb 27, 2024 | Wildlife
Adaptive radiation is a fascinating aspect of evolutionary biology where a common ancestral species develops into a wide variety of different others, each one adapted to the niche parameters of their specific environment. The famous Darwin’s finches in the Galapagos...
by Keith Broomfield | Dec 8, 2023 | Wildlife
A piercing whistle whirls across the damp air from the far bank of the River Devon. I know it is an otter but as I peer through a tangle of alder and willow branches, I see no movement. Another whistle, even louder this time, and then I spot the otter running along a...
by Keith Broomfield | Nov 17, 2023 | Wildlife
By Keith Broomfield As the diminishing light of dusk gathered over the hill pasture in the strath, redwings swept up from the green-spiked rushes ahead of me, dancing and bobbing in the air before alighting on the top of a beech that stood proud in a nearby...
by Keith Broomfield | Oct 12, 2023 | Wildlife
By Keith Broomfield A large, mushroom-shaped creature pulsed into view through the briny underwater haze like a mysterious alien from another world. I slowed my breathing through my snorkel tube and watched it glide past, awed by its size and intricate frilled...
by Keith Broomfield | Aug 21, 2023 | Wildlife
The oystercatcher was agitated by my presence, and its piercing ‘kleep, kleep’ call rang around the grounds of Glenshee Parish Church by the Spittal of Glenshee. This bird was a concerned parent with young hidden in among thick grass nearby and was keen to see me off...
