The New Skye-Birds website

15th July 2011

It is amazing to think that it is almost 8 years since the website was first launched and in that time the site has grown as have the number of regular followers and contributors. It was my son Colin who first suggested the website and he had the technical skills to pull all the pages and ideas together. Many people have commented favourably on the site and the ease with which it could be used. The upgraded version has been in the pipeline for a couple of years and the new platform allows me to manage the content more readily. The new design is the work of my daughter-in-law Fiona and with Colin handling all the technical bits, it is very much a family effort. Without their support the site would not exist. We hope you like it and find it just as easy to use as the last one. There are still some loose ends to tidy up, including the search engine, so bear with us until we get everything up and running and we will try to deal with glitches quickly. Thanks to everyone for their support in the past and hopefully this will continue. We are happy to get any feedback.

Bob

THE BOOK

"A glorious little gem"

AMAZON

"A book such as this has to look backwards and the author does so succinctly, looking at the work of several of the pioneering naturalists before picking out the publications of JA Harvie-Brown and the Rev. Hugh Macpherson. I know this book fills a real gap in the information available for the Isle of Skye and it will surely sell well at local bookshops."

Andrew Currie Miscellany West Highland Free Press

"A total of 238 species have been recorded, with 14 of those 'red listed' as of high conservation concern ... another innovation has been the inclusion of Gaelic names for some birds. While this is not uncommon in a few other books, the addition of some regional Gaelic names is very unusual and very welcome."

Ray Collier Country Diary 'Up in the Skye' The Guardian

"Illustrated with beautiful photographs of current birdlife on the island, the publication also features sketches by Jean Thomas of The Little Gallery, Portnalong, stimulating the reader's interest further and allowing them to identify species they encounter on Skye."

The Hebridean