Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo
This set of images are from a larger set of the common buzzard taken on my trip to the Czech Republic a couple of weeks ago. As you can see the weather was very cold with more than a little snow. The snow was giving a few problems with focusing but I managed to overcome them and get these images. Her are a some of the images...
read more“Eric the Otter” Isle of Mull Scotland
After the week long workshop on the Isle of Mull had ended I had a day out to myself to get some fresh images of the otters. I have been following an otter for over two years now on the very beautiful Loch Spelve. I have named him Eric, not very original but it seems to fit him quite well – Eric the Otter. He is quite distinctive with a white patch on his chest and a kink in the tail – on the last two inches of the tail. He can be found on most areas of this large sea loch, which means he can be difficult to locate. I had seen him a couple of times through the week when...
read moreEuropean Otter, Isle of Mull Workshop, day four
This is the final day of the week long workshop here on the Isle of Mull, the weather forecast got it spot on, at last we had some bright weather. It had been snowing overnight on the higher ground, As daylight fell and the skies cleared and the sun put his hat on. We made our way to the Loch Scridain which we earmarked for our final day. At first we had difficulty locating our otter, but in the late morning we finally located the otter. We had a good long view of him and managed some close up images of him. I have uploaded some of him in the water eating fish in the water after hunting....
read moreRed Deer Isle of Mull
This is day three of the workshop week, we decided to have a day with the red deer and leave the otters until the last day when the weather forecast is for better light, so fingers crossed for this. We went down to Carsaig to find some deer and then made our way back up to Grasspoint stopping off at points where we have red deer in the past. After a bright start the weather turned to heavy rain and very quickly turned to snow on higher ground which in turn brought a lot of hinds and their young down from the high tops of the mountains to the lower glens to seek shelter from this bad weather...
read moreOtters Isle of Mull Day Two
Day to has just ended on my Otters and Others Workshop here on the Isle of Mull, the weather again hasn’t been to good to us with quite a lot of rain and high winds. But again we have done quite well in spotting the otters and deer. There have been a number of other bird species around on the sea lochs albeit a little distance from the shoreline, red breasted mergansers are in good numbers but a very illusive there are quite a few golden-eye but they are sitting a long way off shore but we hope to get closer to these beautiful little birds before the week ends and a winter specialty...
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