The Hirsel 'Photo of the Month'
Photo of the Month
May 2025
Ord's wild birds love the feeders and this woodpecker visits regularly.
April 2025
The nights are getting shorter but auroras keep coming.
March 2025
A beautiful sunset over the Strathaird peninsula 19th March
February 2025
The February snow moon sets behind Gars-Bheinn, the 'dog's tooth'
January 2025
Rainbow through snow showers, Loch Eishort
December 2024
The last aurora of 2024 on December 31st
November 2024
The first snow of winter 2024/5
October 2024
A spectacular aurora on 10th October.
September 2024
Fire in the sky
August 2024
Creeping mist across Loch Eishort
July 2024
Red sky over Blaven
June 2024
Big clouds above Ord in June.
May 2024
An amazing summer display of the aurora on 10th May
April 2024
The Skye Bridge from the Plock of Kyle
March 2024
A stunning spring sunset, 26th March.
February 2024
Blaven, Bla Bheinn, the blue mountain.
January 2024
The magnificent Cuillin Hills on 9th Jan.
December 2023
A rare sight in the sky. 'Air Glow' a form of aurora.
November 2023
A heron waits expectantly for its seafood supper
October 2023
A clear night in Skye for the partial lunar eclipse
September 2023
The Hirsel's sunflowers have reached roof height!
August 2023
The last rays of the day.
July 2023
A tranquil July evening in Ord bay
June 2023
The lovely courtyard at the nearby Torabhaig Distillery.
May 2023
P.S. Waverley approaching Armadale on 29th May
April 2023
An early April sunset across the Cuillin Ridge
March 2023
Houses in Tarskavaig in the shadow of Blaven, 'the blue mountain'
February 2023
After a stunning day on 25th February a beautiful sunset.
January 2023
One of the most stunning auroras for years on January 16th
December 2022
The coldest weather in Skye since 2010!
November 2022
The first of snow of the winter is due today.
October 2022
The dark sky of the Milky Way above Ord, 4th October
September 2022
The first aurora from the garden of the year.
August 2022
Red sky, Ord, 14th August
July 2022
Rush hour on the Ord Road.
May 2022
Brodie and Darcy posing in Armadale Woods.
April 2022
Kylerhea and Glenelg on the road from Broadford
March 2022
A fantastic display of the aurora on 5th March
February 2022
A clear and crispy February day
January 2022
A clear night across Loch Eishort
December 2021
Railway sunset: a level crossing on the Kyle line 2nd December
November 2021
The stunning acer amid the ruins of Armadale Castle.
October 2021
A beautiful sunset looking west on 29th October.
September 2021
The skies cleared on the 29th when the Milky Way shone bright.
August 2021
The summit of Blaven rises above the clouds on 29th August.
July 2021
A stunning sky on 12th July, Loch Eishort.
June 2021
Big skies on June 29th.
May 2021
The walking trails of Armadale Castle overlooking the Sound of Sleat
April 2021
'Coral Island' a short but magnificent walk from Ord
March 2021
Spring is in the air, the Cuillin Ridge on 17th March
February 2021
Loch Doughaill in Tarskavaig and the view to the Cuillin
January 2021
Sometimes a storm hits landfall with a big sky
December 2020
The sets above the cloud over Blaven
November 2020
Eilean Donan Castle lit up for Remembrance Day
October 2020
Last light of the day over Canna
September 2020
'Coral Island' at low tide
August 2020
Always a special sight
July 2020
Brodie and Darcy posing in Tormore Forest
June 2020
Big rainbow over Loch Eishort
May 2020
Stunning colours on May 21st
April 2020
The old rowan trees at the beach
March 2020
The Sound of Sleat and Beinn Sgritheall
February 2020
MV Lochnevis, winter service Mallaig-Armadale
January 2020
Full moon for the new year
December 2019
The pretty harbour at Tobermory, Isle of Mull
November 2019
Sunset over the Isle of Eigg
October 2019
Sunset over the 'small isle' of Canna
September 2019
Probably the finest sunset ever
August 2019
Darcy falls in the burn but can't get out
July 2019
Fiddling on the rock, Ord
June 2019
Midsummer's night at Ord
May 2019
Brodie, 10 months old and flying
April 2019
The start of Cuillin Ridge summer sunsets
March 2019
Sunset over Loch Meodal on the Ord road
February 2019
Waterfalls in the woods around Ord
January 2019
Fabulous aurora across the Cuillin