Damselflies out and about, large red, common blue and blue-tailed

Sandpipers, present and future

Loch Calder sunrise

Not the Beautiful South, the house martins live at Sandside

Out with the cygnets in the sun

A misty start to the day

Sunset on the north coast of Scotland

Boathouse on Loch Loyal, north Scotland

A but and ben out at Allnabad on the south end of Strath More, north Scotland

Wading through bogs chasing dragonflies. Four-spotted chasers.

Bumble bee flitting about

A successful hunt

Sunset near Thurso north Scotland

A hare enjoying the Brims Golden Hour

Cave at Thurso beach, north Scotland

Up close and personal

Scottish ducks

Sunset at Sandside Head, north of Scotland

Fertilizer spreading

A bit of a barney over the only hen around

Lots of meadow pipits flitting about

Star trails as the earth rotates around Polaris

Just a skylark on a post in a post

Getting more difficult to capture the aurora at this time of year as full darkness lasts less than 3 hours, and the clouds are a pain. Last night at Huna with an appearance by a Lyrids meteor. Setting moon behind the clouds.

Milky Way at Stemster, north Scotland

Late night aurora chasing between clouds and rain, north of Scotland

Having a good scratch

A scrolling panorama of the milky way arch from Nybster, north Scotland last night.

Sunrise this morning

A bit of aurora action tonight in the north of Scotland as the clouds start to move in from the west

Headed out last night to capture the milkyway but clouds obscured an otherwise bonnie view at Latherwheel, north Scotland

A wander up west to my favourite mountain. The craggy west face of Ben Loyal from the side of the Kyle.

Ben Hope from the west side of the loch, north Sutherland, Scotland

Oyster catchers out and about

Clouds, rain, hail and wind but a couple of breaks for the aurora on the north coast of Scotland

Caught in Garvault traffic today 😉 North Sutherland, Scotland

A first tonight, with aurora in the rain for a wee whiley. Also got soaked to the knees by a wave surge coming up the ramp ;-) Dunnet Head, north coast of Scotland

The gap in the clouds only lasted about 45 mins last night, a few more from the aurora chase near the far north coast of Scotland

Managed a short break in the clouds, Forss north coast of Scotland

Noss Head lighthouse below the milky way, far north east Scotland

Janetstown back garden aurora, far north of Scotland

A bity of a show at Thurso golf club just as the moon was rising.

Moon and starlight at Loch Calder, north Scotland

The road to the aurora and the milkyway

A rather tame aurora but great to see the stars after weeks of constant cloud cover in the north of Scotland.

First sign of skies with a bit of colour for a fair whiley

Sea stirred up at Latheronwheel, Caithness

Lybster light getting a wash down today

Steve (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement) put in a brief appearance in the south east near to Orion

It's not often that you can capture Orion and the aurora together in Scotland, Broubster looking south