At the moment there has been a diversion of effort from updating or including any new image gallery (grey background) pages on this site, as a completely new searchable database-driven website is being developed. However, information pages (green background) will continue to be updated, and will be included in the new site.
12/11/08 - FAQ page (of frequently asked questions about digital photography) updated to include information about how to clean dust from your sensor and services and prices page updated to include information about the photoscot sensor cleaning service.
29/10/08 - FAQ page (of frequently asked questions about digital photography) updated
21/10/08 - A brief report on the Glasgow University DACE and Mugdock Country Park events has been added to the walks and events page.
17/10/08 - Information on both the talks and walks and events pages has been updated.
26/8/08 - Two new pictures of the month uploaded, for April and May 2008. Information on the Glasgow University digital wildlife photography course on 4th October has been updated on the walks and events page. The Frequently Asked Questions page has been updated with a question about formatting memory cards.
8/8/08 - Information about the next two talks updated, and two new photography courses announced.
28/6/08 - I have had a two-month pause from updating the website due to photographic commitments (it's been the nesting season), but today I've uploaded a new page of frequently asked questions.
11/4/08 - Picture of the Month for March 2008 added - House Sparrow.
27/2/08 - Pictures of Kingfisher and Nuthatch added, and linked from Species and Topic List
26/2/08 - Pictures of female Crossbill, Ptarmigan and Snow Bunting uploaded, and linked from Species and Topic List
20/2/08 - Picture of the Month for February 2008 uploaded - Male Black Grouse in birches, Grampian Highlands.
Self-catering holiday cottage in Millport available for rent added to front page.
Pictures of Snow Buntings and Cairngorm scenery now available - added to species and topic list.
8/2/08 - Picture of the Month for January 2008 uploaded - red deer at Pass of Drumochter
7/2/08 - New Photography Course at Millport - 17th/18th April 2008. See Walks and Events Page.
Mugdock Photography Walk - 6th April 2008. See Walks and Events Page
An increasing range of framed prints is now available. In addition to the previous panoramas of Loch Lomond, there is now a gannet diving and two pictures of red deer (one of which is Picture of the Month for January 2008) , which would make suitable presents. More details will be put on the site soon, but please enquire by email in the meantime if interested.
31/12/07 - Several bird and recreational activity pictures added to Mugdock Country Park page. Picture of the Month for December 2007 added. Species and Topic List updated.
28/12/07 - Two new photography walks at Mugdock Country Park (new page) in May and October 2008 are described on the Walks and Events Page.
25/12/07 18 pictures of Coots, Moorhen, Mallard and Black-Headed Gulls on ice on Bingham's Pond added to Glasgow page.
19/12/07 Gannet diving sequence with 10 pictures of the same gannet diving in a digital composite added to Cumbrae page.
9/12/07 - Glenshee page updated with 24 pictures of Ptarmigan in summer including chicks, Ptarmigan droppings, mountain scenery, and a roe deer
Loch Lomond page updated with 3 images of Pink-Footed Geese and Starlings in flight
8/12/07 - Talks and Events page updated with details of three talks to be given in 2008, and Loch Lomond page updated with new larger panoramas available.
4/12/07 - 10 pictures of Glasgow by night added to the Glasgow page, including the Radiance Project in November 2007 at Glasgow Cathedral and the Ramshorn Church, Pacific Quay - the Clyde Arc (or Squinty Bridge as Glaswegians call it), Pacific Quay with the BBC and STV buildings, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Glasgow University, and aspects of the Glasgow Lighting Project, in which buildings are floodlit at night.
Panorama information updated on Loch Lomond page.
17/11/07 - Badgers, Roe Deer and more Whooper Swans added to Caerlaverock page.
12/11/07 - Caerlaverock page updated with sunrise pictures of Whooper Swans and Barnacle Geese.
11/11/07 - Picture of the Month updated with Barnacle Geese in flight against sunrise at Caerlaverock for November 2007
6/11/07 - Species and Topic list updated.
23/10/07 - Picture of the Month updated with two Whooper Swans displaying on the Loch of Strathbeg.
Talks and events page updated.
2/9/07 - Picture of the Month updated with two Red-Breasted Mergansers, and Great Cumbrae page updated with Red-Breasted Mergansers, Sandwich Tern, Black-Tailed Godwit and Gannets diving.
16/9/07 - Talks page updated with a talk to the Royal Scottish Geographical Society called "Doon the Watter", and an update of the Services and Prices page to include panoramic framed photos. Clyde Pelagic Cruises page updated with two vertical panoramas of gannets diving, and a yacht regatta in August 2007. Picture of the Month for August - a Manx Shearwater in flight - uploaded.
28/8/07 - Manx Shearwater pictures from August 2007 added to Clyde Pelagic Cruises page.
27/8/07 - Services and Prices page updated with details of computer advice given to people recently, and the availability of greetings cards. Image maps and Loch Lomond panoramas updated - framed pictures now available for purchase in the Glasgow area.
29/7/07 - new scanning page added with details of the scanning service for slides, negatives or prints
13/7/07 - 12 more images added to Ailsa Craig page - gannets, gulls, guillemot, the cottage and the lighthouse
9/7/07 - 8 images added to Ailsa Craig page - of Gannets, Gulls and Manx Shearwater, and pictures of the month for June and July. Talks and events page and species and topic list updated.
21/6/07 - 3 images of golden eagles added to Mull page.
20/6/07 - 3 images of River Ba and Glen Coe added to Rannoch Moor page
18/6/07 - 6 images added to the Mull page on the June 2007 Wild Caledonia wildlife holiday.
Species List updated.
27/5/07 - 9 more images added from Mull on the May 2007 Wild Caledonia wildlife holiday.
22/5/07 - 9 images added from Mull on the May 2007 Wild Caledonia wildlife holiday.
21/5/07 - Talks and events page updated with details of the RSPB Glasgow local group meeting talk on 7 October, and my developing ideas for a new Photoshop course to be run in autumn 2007.
7/5/07 - Loch of the Lowes page started with 3 images of Great Crested Grebes.
Index page - descriptions when hovering over red dots considerably enhanced.
4/5/07 - England page updated with more avocets and black-tailed godwits, green-winged teal and pintail
3/5/07 - England page updated with fighting black-tailed godwits and a lapwing displaying at Marshside RSPB Reserve, and kingfishers at Slimbridge WWT Reserve.
1/5/07 - England page updated with images from Leighton Moss RSPB Reserve - avocets, shoveler, marsh harrier, greylag goose and sedge warbler.
30/4/07 - 3 images of the Add Estuary and 3 of red-breasted mergansers displaying added to the Argyllshire page.
26/4/07 - 3 images taken by people on the Falls of Clyde photography walk added to the second photography walk page.
25/4/07 - 15 images of plants added to Falls of Clyde page
24/4/07 - 6 more images added to Mull page, and new Ardgour and Ardnamurchan pages created.
23/4/07 - A selection of bird and people photos taken on the April 2007 Wild Caledonia wildlife holiday has been added - pages on Argyllshire and Mull ; species list also updated.
22/4/07 - the photoscot.co.uk / SWT Photography walk at the Falls of Clyde went well, with very positive feedback from the 9 participants. Thanks to all who participated. Link to second photography walk page
20/4/07 - two new pages - Glen Falloch, Crianlarich and Tyndrum, and Rannoch Moor uploaded
18/4/07 - only one place now available on the photography walk on 22nd April - see walks page.
OK - I've finally had to admit it exists! - a start has been made on a new page on England and Wales, accessible also by clicking on the tiny map in the south-east corner of the Scotland map on the index page.
4/4/07 - picture of the month added
clarification of prices for photographs, and additional description of website construction prices added to services and prices page
27/3/07 - 3 more photos added to Largs page, renamed Largs and Wemyss Bay page
23/3/07 - How not to lose your data page has been enhanced with additional advice.
11/3/07 - Turnberry page updated to include Turnberry Lighthouse, Turnberry Hotel, Culzean Castle and Dunure
New PS Waverley Cruises on the Firth of Clyde page started.
Largs page now has enlarged thumbnails.
A new page giving advice on how not to lose your data has also been written.
10/3/07 - 4 more images added to Glenshee page - red grouse and mountain hare footprints, and 3 of snow-covered mountains and ski slopes
9/3/07 - 3 more images added to Hunterston page - bulk coal carrier "Mineral London" on 3rd March 2007 and Hunterston Nuclear Power station and wind farm at dawn
4/3/07 - new moon page created following last night's lunar eclipse with several moon pictures on it.
2/3/07 - Some of the enlarged thumbnails of peregrine falcons on the Falls of Clyde page and the ptarmigan walking across the snow on the Glenshee page now have insets showing part of the picture in greater detail.
28/2/07 - Ptarmigan, red grouse, montane vegetation, scenery and more mountain hares added to Glenshee page.
15/2/07 - Stylesheet applied with green background to all pages. Please email to tell me whether you like it!
Three new pictures added to Clyde Pelagic Cruises page - grey wagtail, hybrid or hooded crow and shags in Kyles of Bute.
14/2/07 - talks and events page and services and prices page updated with new events - Biodiversity Forum in Helensburgh, and wildlife holidays with Wild Caledonia
11/2/07 - Greylag geese flock flying over Cumbrae added to Cumbrae page.
4/2/07 - New page on Glenshee skiiing area - mountain hares in winter coat, red deer herd, Cairngorms with snow and statues near skiing centre
2/2/07 - 3 more pictures added to aurora borealis page, and enlarged pictures now linked to all thumbnails
1/2/07 - New page on Kintyre - Machrihanish shelduck and common seals, and Jura sunset from Kintyre
31/1/07 - New page on Caerlaverock SWT Reserve, and Species List and Services and Prices pages updated
30/1/07 - Talks programme for 2007 updated
18/1/07 - Services and Prices page updated with more information.
4/1/07 - Tree sparrows, house sparrows and yellowhammer at Farmland Bird Winter Feeding Project at Millichen added to Glasgow page.
3/1/07 - Red Throated Diver close up, Capercaillie female and Capercaillie next added to CEP page.
1/1/07 - Golden Eagle chicks, Great Skua chicks and Arctic Skua chick added to CEP page.
31/12/06 - Swifts moved from Cumbrae page to a page of their own, and a male Shelduck added to the Sanda page.
28/12/06 - My father's Storksbill, Yellow flag irises and Yellow Pansies (Viola curtissii) uploaded to CEP page.
27/12/06 - My father's Fulmar and Snipe's nest uploaded to CEP page.
24/12/06 - 6 of my father's black and white pictures of bitterns at the nest, and a golden eagle at its nest uploaded to CEP page
23/12/06 - 17 more pictures from 2006 added to Sanda page - Eider Ducks and brood, wheatear, rock pipit, linnet, stonecrop, peregrine falcon, shelduck.
21/12/06 - mountain hare thumbnails increased in scale; snipe and jack snipe put on Glasgow page
19/12/06 - many links to existing pages put on species and topics list.
17/12/06 - Arctic Terns and Rabbit added to Isle of May page
11/12/06 - new Oban page added with Castle Stalker and Loch Feochan - lichens and highland cattle
9/12/06 - Glen Doll page updated from 2 images to 12.
2/12/06 - new Turnberry page started, with gannet diving above Ailsa Craig, and a flock of mergansers flying through a sunset in front of Kintyre, and Glen Doll page started, with mountain hare on Great Dreish.
30/11/06 - new pages on Ailsa Craig, Arran and Largs and new page of scanned photos by my father. Also a new stylesheet for the index page, and links from the species list to large thumbnails. New talks dates on talks page.
17/11/06 - new cute furry animals page with red squirrel, fox and mountain hare, and some additions to the species list, and news of the next photoscot/SWT photography walk
23/10/06 - Report and pictures from the first photoscot.co.uk photography walk
16/10/06 - Image and hotspot tags now working in Firefox as well as in Internet Explorer.
15/10/06 - Large images linked to almost all Falls of Clyde page thumbnails.
10/10/06 - New peregrine falcon images on the Falls of Clyde page.
13/9/06 - On the Falls of Clyde page there are some new images and larger images have been linked to most of the thumbnails. Click the thumbnails for larger images.
25/7/06 - More swifts, a swallow and house martins in flight added to Cumbrae page
18/7/06 - this new updates page
Swifts in flight added to Cumbrae page;
Canoeists on the Eileans and Marine Biological Satation from the sea and research boat Aora added to Millport page.
14/7/06 Hunterston Nuclear power Station and wind farm, Isle of May puffins, Argaty Red Kites - kites and buzzard, and additions to the Great Cumbrae page, the Clyde Pelagic Cruises page, the walks and talks pages and 3 new pages on photoscot.co.uk services and prices , about photoscot.co.uk and technical details of pictures.
March 2006 - site started
