A day out at the coast
I had some report of waxwings in the area around Aberlady Bay on the Forth Estuary southern coast line. After checking the weather report and seeing good sunshine I decided to go to see if I could get pictures of them. I missed them last year after a bumper ear the year before. The report from Rare Bird Alert said there was 175 waxwings at Gullane near the fire station. I arrived at first light and started to search for the birds, I searched for over two hours but could not locate them. So went to the car park at Aberlady Bay near the footbridge and had a cup of coffee and a custard creme or...
read moreDigital Camera Magazine, Photographer of the Year Competition 2010
I’ve just had word that one of my images has been short-listed for the Photographer of the Year Competition. The competition is run by Digital Photography Magazine online via their Photo Radar website. The competition has attracted over thirteen thousand entries and has five categories, Landscapes, Travel, Wildlife, Fashion and Portraits. My image is of the Great Spotted Woodpecker in the Snow; it was taken at Skeleftea, in northeast Sweden on a photographic trip. I was in a hide waiting for golden eagles to put is an appearance when the woodpecker landed on a small tree just in front of the...
read moreHawick Camera Club
I am looking forward to tomorrow night 28th October where i am giving a slide show to the camera club. I have been using new software to present the show. The tittle of the slide show is Wildlife through the Viewfinder and it is a collocation of images I have taken mostly over the last year or so. More pictures of white-tailed eagle can be seen in my slide show “Wildlife Through the Viewfinder” at Hawick Camera Club
read moreIsle of Mull – bits and pieces
I managed to get some pictures of some other species whilst on the Isle of Mull dodging the rain and snow. These are some of the common species that can be found as you travel around the island, there’s also some landscapes What ever target you set yourself there is usually something else that gets you attention. These got mine for a short while…………. I spotted this dunock as I had my eye on a red deer stag hiding in the undergrowth. I quite like the background colours here, it didn’t stay very long before disappearing There are one or two greylag geese...
read moreRed Deer on the Isle of Mull – Rutting time
I have been on the Isle of Mull all week looking for the red deer rut. The deer where all around and as the day ended they could be heard roaring as the rut took place. The challenge was to find them during daylight hours roaring and fighting. I concentrated on the south side of the island, Grasspoint, Pennyghael, and Carsaig. I encountered most of the deer I came across in these areas. Grasspoint was the main site and in particular Achnacraig. I visited the same sites every day. the best day for seeing action was Monday 18th. I arrived at Grasspoint in the dark around 0645. The deer where...
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