I came across a small family of whooper swans this morning in a field near to Redden on the south side of the River Tweed. I took a few pictures and moved on. I also got a picture of a hare at very close quarters, these are the pictures………….
Whopper Swans
Whopper Swans
Brown Hare
I was out again today looking for the boxing hares, but couldn’t find any boxing. I did get some more pictures and also some grey partridge which were sharing the stubble field. The pictures were taken late in the afternoo and have that warm late in the day glow given off by the setting sun.
The pictures were taken with the 5oomm f4 lens
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Grey Partridge
Grey Partridge
Another sunny day again today, still very cold with temperatures around freezing all day. A good day again for brown hares. I found a small group of three very close to the village of Stichill. They were looking like they might have started boxing, but sadly not. A flock of sheep came across the field and spooked the hares. I did manage to get some reasonable picture though. Here are some of them………..
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
I had been looking for an opportunity to get some pictures of a Roe Deer Buck. I had seen one a number of times in a woodland edge near to Hassington in the Scottish Border, but didn’t get an chance to photograph it……….. until today.
It was in the field next to the woodland early this morning with four doe’s. I managed to get quite close to the buck and get some shots before it drifted back into the woodland. The buck was in velvet and the antler’s looked enormous.
Roe Deer Buck
Roe Deer Buck
Roe Deer Buck
Roe Deer Buck
Roe Deer Buck
Roe Deer Doe
These pictures are of a Black Woodpecker taken on the trip to Finland a couple of year ago. The pictures were taken near to the nest site as the bird came and went frequently.
Black Woodpecker
Black Woodpecker
Black Woodpecker
Black Woodpecker
I was in Berwick upon Tweed this afternoon, the weather was wild an windy with big seas in the area. I had a quick look around the harbour for birds sheltering from the rough weather and near to the entrance to the pier, at Pier House there was a young shag just sitting quite close, these are some of the images I manged to get………………..
Shag
Shag
Shag
Shag
Shag
I was looking through some pictures from a trip I took to Finland a couple of years ago. The blog wasn’t up an running then, so I thought would post some of the pictures from the trip from time to time. The trip was one of our annual trips that our little group takes every year. This one was to Olou in central Finland and was led by Finnature, our guide was Harri Tarvetti, himself an accomplished wildlife photographer.
The first post from this trip are pictures of a Hawk Owls
Hawk Owl
Hawk Owl
Hawk Owl
Hawk Owl
I was again out looking for Brown Hares, I have been looking for them for some time. I have been trying to find groups of them to get a chance of seeing them boxing. I can only find singles or pairs, I really want to fond a group of 5 pr 6 including 2 0r 3 does to fight off the amorous bucks.
I dont know to much about hares and cannot work out whether they are still lying low due to the continuous freezing weather or whether the big freeze has killed them off. I suppose time will tell.
These are the pictures from today. The bottom two are in the late afternoon sunlight
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
I was out this morning, again trying to locate some brown hares for future photography, the sun was shinning after some overnight snow, the light was excellent. While is was sitting watching some hares, this yellowhammer came and sat on a small branch briefly quite near to me and I managed to get this shot before it moved on.
Yellowhammer
I as out again to day looking for what is proving to be the elusive brown hare. I have been searching for a few days this week and seen very few at any distance. I went around the Hassington area of the Borders and eventually found one I could get quite close to and get some pictures.
I stayed with this one for a while and them moved on and found another. I also came across a roe deer and some birds, blackbird and robin.
The pictures are here…………………
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Brown Hare
Roe Deer
Roe Deer
Roe Deer
Female Blackbird
Robin
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