My last black guillemot survey of the season this morning. Bright spring day, and the thrift is out all over the cliffs. Another name for thrift is 'sea-pinks', which is very appropriate. I took a detour through the field on the way back...

My local volunteer Mel spotted this rare 'bridled' guillemot showing off in the sunshine this afternoon. Doesn't it look smart with it's white specs on?

I spotted these two preening lovebirds in the sunshine at the Mull today. They sat on the same rock, grooming and preening each other for hours. Apparently, it has been scientifically shown that the longer a pair of seabirds grooms each other for, the...

John Craven and the Countryfile crew visited the Mull of Galloway yesterday to film our tysties (black guillemots). It started off a bit grey and wet, but the tysties were out and about in their pairs, and hopefully the film crew managed to get some good...

Two shag chicks have hatched on camera 2. We haven't seen much of them yet, as the female is keeping them well protected. Her mate is doing a good job of building up the walls of the nest to keep the wee ones in as well, delivering parcels of twigs...