Red Fox mating in the Scottish Borders
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 an hour before they moved off. They were a little distant, but I manged a few shots with the 5oomm lens + the 1.4x tele-converter. F5.6, 1/180 sec ISO 400
read moreYellowhammers in the Borders
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 watching them feed on a hedgerow. They came closer and closer until they were about 5 yards away and I managed to get some decent pictures of them.
read moreSunny Sunday on the Lammermuir Hills, Scottish Borders
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. I met an a fellow photographer up at the top of the hill, the much renowned Laurie Campbell. Laurie lives in the Borders and is one of the UK’s finest wildlife photographers. I found a few interesting species today including some more mountain hares at close quarters. These are some of the picture I took today……
read moreRoe Deer and Mountain Hare, Brown Hare in the Borders
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 stag and a doe. I was quite pleased with the roe pictures, but the hares where a little to far away for my liking. I had a run up to Byerclough near the end of thee day and found some brown hares running around. These are some of my pictures from the day
read moreSnow, Crows and dead Rabits
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 they had moved on I did see however lots of carrion crows feeding on rabbit carcasses. So I positioned myself to get some pictures of them. A tall order with the white snow and the black plumage, and this is some of the images……..
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