Monthly Archives: January 2010

I came across a flock of fieldfares this afternoon, and notices a single redwing in their number. I spent 15 minutes takes a few pictures, the light was good and the birds reasonably close.

I have been sitting in a hide most of this week freezing my bits off waiting for the local Kingfisher to put in an appearance, eventually It came along and showed itself. It actually sat on top of my hide … Continue reading →

I went back to see the dippers again, the light was a bit better, a grey wagtail put in an appearance before the dipper turned up. It was a different bird from yesterday. He sang his little hart out and … Continue reading →

I was down on the Tweed near Melrose, I had seen dippers on this stretch of the river when I have been fishing. The dippers are pairing up at this time of year, so I took the camera down to … Continue reading →

There have been a number of hares in the field near my house, I have been watching them for a few weeks now hoping to catch them boxing. This is were the buck chases the doe around the field, he … Continue reading →

I had been seeing glimpses of fox’s around the fields in the area of  Stichill in the Scottish Borders. i was looking again this morning and found them mating in the middle of a field. They were coupled for about … Continue reading →

I was out today looking around the local lanes and I came across a small flock of birds, most of them were yellowhammers with a few reed buntings and a few less tree sparrows. I sat for some time just … Continue reading →

We had some sun today for the first time in two weeks so I have a run around the Lammermuirs to see what I could find. I wanted to check out the mountain hares again in good light in particular. … Continue reading →

Another day up near to Longformacus on the Lammermuir Hills in the Scottish Borders. I went to look for the mountain hares again and managed to find them. There was also a roe deer doe with two large fauns, a … Continue reading →

I went back up on the Lammermuir Hills this morning looking to get more pictures of the Mountain Hares. I went to the same place as yesterday, after a three hour wait I didn’t see any sign of them, sadly … Continue reading →