Red Grouse in close up
These are some close ups of the red grouse up on the Lammermuir Hills in the Borders region of Scotland. These are one of my favorite birds, they have bags of character and are always a pleasure to watch. They seem to have had a good breeding year so there are quite a few around. Here are a few of the...
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More pictures from my local beach, Little Beach at Berwick upon Tweed. Its only small but I can be very good for wading birds and dog walkers willing you can get quite close to the birds. I have been spending a little time here as there are good numbers of dunlin passing through and an opportunity to get some pictures of these charismatic little birds. Here are some of the pictures of the dunlin in...
read moreReeve near Stichill, Kelso, Scottish Borders
There has been a lot of rain recently, the stubble fields around the area are very wet and in some cases are starting to flood. Its always worth a look at these wet places for wading birds such snipe, woodcock, redshank, etc and in this particular case I found a reeve which is the female ruff feeding on a small flooded area of a file near to Stichill. I wasn’t to sure at first because of the colours of the legs which were a greenish colour. The identification was kindly confirmed by Graham Bell who is leading ornithologist and chairman of the North Northumberland Bird Club. We...
read moreKingfisher at Leighton Moss RSPB
When I was at Leighton Moss RSPB last week I had a very brief encounter with one of our most beautiful little birds, the kingfisher. It didn’t last very long and the light wasn’t the best but here are a few pictures I managed to get. The Eric Morecambe Hide on the Allan Pool on the reserve was the hide I was in. I got into the hide at first light and could hear the kingfisher calling at the corner of the pool and it took almost three hours before the bird came close enough to the hide to get an...
read moreThe Curlew and the Crow
I was at Leighton Moss RSPB in Lancashire last week on my way back home form visiting friends The light was very poor and it turned out to be waste of time because of the light. I sat for about four hours waiting for something to happen, and not much did, with the exception of the curlew and the crow. The curlew was feeding in the water, he was searching for crabs under the banks of one of the islands. Eventually it found a crab and was trying to eat it when this crow came down and tried to steal the crab, the crow gave up quite quickly and landed on the island. The curlew continued to eat...
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