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It comes back and blankets the reserve again! Hopefully the snow shouldn't last for long this time. Finger crossed. I thought things were almost starting to get back to normal: at the weekend the whole car park was finally free of snow making it the most accessible it has been in the past two...

Afternoons are slowly stretching out and love is in air with wigeon and mallard busy with courtship displays. The nest boxes have been emptied of last years nests ready to welcome new occupants shortly – but it is still very much winter. The reserve is blanketed in snow and the numerous water bodies...

It's been an exciting couple of weeks here at Kinnordy. In recent weeks there has been more regular sightings of a few of the more uncommon visitors to Kinnordy; including a male smew , white-fronted geese, green-winged teal and the elusive bittern ! The male smew over-wintered at Kinnordy. He...

Well 2012 has certainly got off to a good start here at Kinnordy The weather has been a complete contrast to last year. Consider last year when we had three full months of the loch being completely frozen over, this year there has only been a week in the middle of December where it looked like the...

Thought I'd put up a picture of the Whoopers today since they've been around all weekend and today we had a grand total of 22, including 2 cygnets which were beautiful. In an ideal world though I would have a picture of the Smew sighted over the last few days - the male was seen on Friday and...

With fresh snow lying on the hills not so far from the reserve, it is a relief to us that the loch is thawing a little more each day. It seems to be a relief to the birds as well, with the site looking busy again now. Spring is definitely on its way, with signs including the return of gadwall, shoveler...

Today has been such a wonderful day at the reserve, one of those days that just excites me! The loch is still frozen, although there are some growing areas of open water, but the sun had some warmth today, and you could almost watch the remains of Monday's snow melt away. The loch is quite quiet...

There has been a report this morning that the red-head smew which has been around the area this winter is back at Kinnordy. Although there is still plenty of ice, this warmer weather (and rain today) is helping small areas to open up, and a variety of wildfowl are in the area just waiting to return...