A Day in the (Wild) Life...

There are a good selection of seal pups on Petticowick now, 13 counted today, with the oldest being about 3 weeks old, and the youngest we ...

We've had a lovely day watching seals and talking to visitors today at Petticowick. There are 10 pups currently on the beach, and from ...

The seals have arrived! Whilst checking on our land up at Lumsdaine this week I was happy to discover the first seal pups of the yea...

We had a lovely day yesterday at our community gorse bashing event, the weather was nice, and more importantly we got lots of gorse cut dow...

It's been a good morning for migrants here at St Abb's Head with good numbers of birds coming in from the sea. There are plenty of ...

The weather has been beautiful here at St Abb's Head today, and we made the most of it by spending the morning outside clearing up the ...

A beautiful autumn sight here at St Abb's Head, the ink-cap fungi have begun to deliquesce around the edges of the car park. Deliquesc...

It's looking very damp here at St Abb's Head today, but yesterday was a fine day, so I headed out to do our weekly butterfly transe...

Road update: The road from Petticowick up to the lighthouse remains CLOSED due to a rock fall early on Sunday morning. The road is closed...

Unfortunately we have had to close the road from Petticowick to the less-abled car park at the lighthouse due to a landslip early this morni...

Wildflower admirers take note, the fantastic spring/summer displays of flowers are just coming into bloom at St Abb's Head. Pictured h...

I was checking on our land at Lumsdaine this morning, and got some amazing views back south towards St Abb's Head. There were lots of s...

Earlier this week I was alerted, by a concerned member of the public, to some drone footage on YouTube. The footage, taken in mid April, cl...

The weather is finally warm and dry enough for us to start our spring and summer repairs of the road to the lighthouse. Maintaining this ro...

The primroses around the Mire Loch are looking beautful, especially with the sun shining on them! Lizy Primroses Primula vulgaris ne...

Cuckoos have arrived back for the summer, I just heard the first one of the year calling behind our office. The picture is actually from J...

If you've been wondering why there are so many dead rabbits to be seen on the reserve... Text of picture reads: Please be aware that...

Spring has disappeared again! I was up on the cliffs doing some monitoring when I got caught in this surprise hail shower which turned the ...

Today has turned a bit miserable, but yesterday was a stunning day here at St Abb's Head. Large numbers of seabirds, including guillemo...

I came across a sad sight today while I was carrying out a survey on one of our beaches. This is the remains of an auk, tangled up in rib...

The weather has been impressive here today at St Abb's Head. Luckily this morning was bright and I managed to get out and get a few pic...

While up doing a badger sett survey on our land at Lumsdaine I was lucky enough to spot a couple of badger footprints at the entrance to a...

It's been feeling decidedly chilly the last few days, with sharp winds reminding us that winter is not over yet. The gorse bushes that ...

We got some interesting footage the other night after finding a dead song thrush behind the office.  We put the trail camera out, hoping th...

Despite the recent cold weather there are definite signs of spring in the air. Great tits are starting to sing their characteristic ...

It's been a windy day here at St Abb's Head, but that didn't stop our loyal band of volunteers coming out to get some work done...

We have had some seal pups hauling out on the beaches at Wellmouth and Burnmouth Harbour (just after you come down the stone steps about...

I have had word that we have secured funding to enable us to carry out work on the footpath down to Starney Beach in order to get this re-op...

A nice wee piece from the Berwickshire News about the Community Action event on the reserve last weekend. Liza http://www.berwickshirenew...

Despite the spells of rain and high winds there were plenty of butterflies out around the Mire Loch this morning. Peacocks were probably t...

We had another good, if slightly wet and windswept, day up at the old lighthouse signal station today as we continued our archaeological di...

Assistant Ranger Zander and I had a fabulous day yesterday, checking for bats around the reserve with ecologist Lindsay Mackinlay from Pa...

An excellent article by our Head of Natural Heritage Policy, Stuart Brooks.  Definitely worth a couple of minutes of your time. Liza. http...

Nearly all of the seabirds have fledged from the cliffs here, with just one or two late shag nests, and a few fulmar chicks, which are the ...

Sunshine and showers on the head today, unpredictable weather for working outside in, but makes for interesting scenery. Lizy Smith Dou...

Thank you to all of the people who came out on our whale and dolphin watch yesterday. Although the marine mammals were rather scarce, there...

Happy #WorldRangerDay everybody.   Today is the day when we celebrate the vital work that Rangers across the world do to protect the env...

We had a lovely afternoon at St Abbs Lifeboat Gala today - Zander and I were joined by Jack, Ernie and Jean who helped us man our stall. It...

Last week St Abbs was a venue for the Feis Rois Ceilidh Trail, with a band playing in The Old Smiddy Coffee Shop next door to our Nature Cen...

Last week Rangers from various different locations all over West, Mid and East Lothian and the Scottish Borders came to visit St Abb's ...

Our team here at St Abb's Head had a nice start to last week when we had a day of vegetation training with ecologist Lindsay Mackinl...

If you're planning on visiting Eyemouth tomorrow to enjoy the Herring Queen festivities, then you can come and visit us in the Eyemouth...

Sad news - I went to check on the progress of the gannet chick yesterday, and the nest was deserted - no adult and no chick to be seen. Who...

It was a good day on the butterfly transect today here at St Abb's Head. Species spotted included Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Small Copper, ...

Have you noticed anything different about the lighthouse in the last week or so? I received a call yesterday from a guy from the the North...