Battling Pheasants at Longformacus
I was up on the Lammermuir Hills above Longformacus this morning looking for skylarks in flight and failed spectacularly. On my way back I came across a couple of cock pheasants fighting in the middle of the road. They were going at it hammer and tongue and the dark of the two birds came off...
read moreSkylark on the Lammermuir Hills
I took these pictures of a skylark when I was on the Lammermuir Hills last week looking for the wheatear. The birds were flying around in a courtship ritual and one of them jumped up off the ground, landed on the fencepost and started displaying. The whole thing lasted a few seconds only and then it flew away again. This is another one of these little brown birds that people dismiss as being bland and boring, but when you get a good view of them they are very beautiful, and their in flight song is unbelievable. Click on this link below to hear the song...
read moreRoe Deer in the Scottish Borders
This is the second post with roe deer as the subject, it has become a project of mine. they have been difficult to get to close to, these flighty little deer. I have found a site quite close to home which gives me access to a small herd of roe deer and I will be spending some time there hopefully getting some outstanding images of the deer. I am quite pleased with these pictures but I think I can get better ones. I need to observe the herd more to gain an insight into their feeding and sleeping habits to enable me to understand them more and get closer to them Her are the latest...
read moreRoe Deer Buck in close up
I have found a site were I can get near to roe deer. The site isn’t far from home and should give me great opportunities to get close up pictures of these beautiful mammals. They can be very shy animals and getting close to then can be tricky, but with patience and a little luck getting close is very much on the...
read moreWheatears back on their nesting territory
I was on the Lammermuir Hill in the Scottish Borders hoping to see the northern wheatear. I was surprised to see so many had made their way back up to he high moorland. I counted twelve birds in an area of about two miles. The light was good and I manage to get some reasonable images. Take a...
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