The Midas touch.

Last month, another of the UK’s globe trotting species hunters came up to Scotland to try to add a few more species to his already impressive tally. Having overtaken my own tally during a recent trip to the US, and closing in on six hundred species at the time, I met up with my mate Donny at St Abbs harbour where he hoped to catch a few “Scottish” species that are much more common up here. I arrived first, and while Donny and his mate Lucas had to wait for a tyre fitter to come and replace a couple of flat tires after Donny hit some raised ironworks on the outskirts of Coldingham, I started fishing and caught a few flatfish. There are plenty of flounder in St Abbs Harbour,.. …and the odd plaice as well. They’re a more recent arrival and are turning up at a few venues on the east coast now. Donny and Lucas eventually appeared and got stuck straight into fishing straight down the side, hoping to catch species like short spined sea scorpion, butterfish, viviparous blenny, Yarrell’s…