Isle of Mull Wildlife

I had won a two day photography experience with Philip Price of  Loch Visions. Checkout his website at  www.lochvisions.co.uk Phil is a leading wildlife photographer and runs superb courses for beginners and advanced photographers on the Isle of Mull and the mainland near to his home in Loch Awe. The main purpose of the trip was to try to locate and photograph otters and find other location points for specific species for future visits this summer. Phil was a great help with the photography and the location points, his knowledge of the island is first class. I had booked into the very nice...

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Yellowhammer, Linnet and more Hares

I was out looking again for hares boxing, I think they must see me coming and go to ground. I can find groups of them but no lick with them boxing. I did find some linnets and yellowhammer at a place called Girrick, just north of Kelso. These are some of the pictures….

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Boxing Hares

I finally managed to get some boxing hares today, they were a little distant  but not to bad. Shutter speed of 1/2000 sec at f5.6 with my 500mm lens was used to get the images.

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More Brown Hares

I went out early this  morning to get the hares boxing, but didn’t manage it…. again. I was at Springwells at 6am the usual hares were not there. I sat for a few hours and managed to get these pictures of a hare that came very close to me

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Whoopers and Hares

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………….

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