Videos

A short, fun video showing how to make bitters from birch twigs and use them to flavour a great spring martini.

Short Video: An unusual combination of a very low tide coinciding with unusually low temperatures was a small disaster for molluscs, but great gift to sea birds. I made this short video of the aftermath.

Short Video: Sycamore sap started to flow in Galloway (SW Scotland) on 26th February, with birch sap not far behind. Here is a quick, fun film to celebrate and perhaps inspire some low-impact twig tapping.

Catching and eating razor clams, or spoot clams as we call them in Scotland is pretty much the most fun you can have with your clothes on. Here is the lowdown on where, when and how to catch them – and what to do with them when you do…