Jon@Glenloy

Highlights w/c 11th July

Jon — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:15:00 +0100

Had a great week with Glenloy Wildlife guests, despite unseasonably cool and often wet weather:

Sunday 11th. Orchids still in ...

Highlights w/c 26/6/10

Jon — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:39:00 +0100

Another great week out with Glenloy Wildlife - mixed weather, but enough sunshine to bring the butterflies and dragonflies out. ...

Butterflies and sun

Jon — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:52:00 +0100

Have been fair-weather naturalists in Lochaber this last week, coming out with the sun and looking for butterflies and dragonflies. ...

Glenloy Wildlife Highlights w/c 29th May, 2010

Jon — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:18:00 +0100

Another group of guests were blessed with fine Lochaber weather this week, and we managed a full week's programme without ...

Not so rare butterlies

Jon — Thu, 27 May 2010 11:56:00 +0100

This last week has been great for scarce and not-so-scarce butterflies around Glenloy.

Last Sunday we followed up a lead ...

Wildlife highlights w/c 15th may

Jon — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:39:00 +0100

We had a full and productive week with Glanloy Wildlife last week, and even the weather was kind to us ...

BUtterflies are back

Jon — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:37:00 +0100

The warm spring weather in Lochaber last weekend brought the butterflies out in force. Thursday 6th was a great day ...

Spring is finally here

Jon — Sat, 01 May 2010 13:07:00 +0100

Spring has at long last come to Fort William. There was a Blackcap singing in the garden at Glenloy Lodge ...

HIghlights w/c 17th April

Jon — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:57:00 +0100

Our first wildlife hoiliday of the year was a great success, despite all that the West Highland weather could throw ...

Migrants trickling in

Jon — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:04:00 +0100

The weather in the West Highlands has been absolutely glorious over the weekend, and we have even managed to catch ...

Ospreys back

Jon — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:12:00 +0100

Finally saw the osprey back at the nest site on Loch Lochy yesterday. It flew in from the direction of ...

Deer and the road to Skye

Jon — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:40:00 +0000

The much-needed rain is beating down on Lochaber, and the lochs are filling up with snow-melt. Conversely, the ski slopes ...

First frog spawn

Jon — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:06:00 +0000

At last the garden pond at Glenloy Lodge has finally thawed (Monday 15th), after almost three months of ice. Hard ...

A four otter day

Jon — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:13:00 +0000

Have been enjoying the continung spell of bright sunshine here in Lochaber.The temperature reached a heady 9oC on Saturday (although ...

Still in the grip of winter

Jon — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:42:00 +0000

Out and about in Lochaber we have continued to fight our way through snow and ice, pretty much as soon ...

Up with the blackcock

Jon — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:14:00 +0000

Up before dawn yesterday to inspect our local blackcock lek, and try and get some pictures. Surprised to find a ...

Crossbills feeding on ash?

Jon — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:10:00 +0000

Still cold at Glenloy and the mountains are white-capped. The canal continues to periodically freeze over, so the water temperature ...

Sea Eagle hunt

Jon — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:28:00 +0000

Spotted an adult White-tailed Eagle at the mouth of the River Loy on Monday (18th), just a few hundred metres ...

January freeze

Jon — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:42:00 +0000

Here in Glenloy, we haven't had the volume of snow that has been found elsewhere in Scotland, but the weather ...

December afterthoughts

Jon — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:28:00 +0000

One late, long December evening we went down from Glenloy to a concert in Strontian. Weather being reasonably amenable, one ...

Winter Wonderland

Jon — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:12:00 +0000

In mid December, we were bemoaning the lack of a decent cold spell in Glen Loy, and now the old ...

Thanks Roy

Jon — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:51:00 +0000

Having suffered some pretty wet and miserable weather in Glenloy, along with the rest of the country, we were pleased ...

November update

Jon — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:40:00 +0000

Here in Lochaber we had a couple of outings in more-or-less fair weather last week. The first was to Glen ...

Warm and wet in Lochaber

Jon — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:09:00 +0000

The weather in Glenloy remains unseasonably mild, if wet. A couple of strong winds have started to strip the foliage ...

Autumnal comings and goings

Jon — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:08:00 +0100

Went for an atmospheric walk along the Caledonian Canal from Glen Loy this morning. The water was still, the mist ...

Over the sea to Skye

Jon — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:09:00 +0100

Had a change and a Grand Day Out last week, taking visitors to Skye for the day. We were blessed ...

A touch of the exotic

Jon — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:02:00 +0100

Time for a busman's holiday. Always a good excuse to suss out the local landscape for Glenloy guests. So, we ...

Glenloy Wildlife highlights w/c 5th September

Jon — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:23:00 +0100

Our latest group of guests enjoyed a great week out with Glenloy Wildlife , despite some rather mixed weather.

Sunday ...

Early Autumn arond Glen Loy

Jon — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:32:00 +0100

The rain has been incessant in Lochaber throughout August, but this has not stopped the flood of tourists, many from ...

Ospreys on the move

Jon — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:49:00 +0100

The local osprey chicks at Loch Lochy were fledged a couple of weeks ago and are now venturing further afield. ...