My new book – Brown Hares, a collection of my favourite images.
I have just finished my second book today, its called “Brown Hares, a collection of my favourite images.” You can view the book at this link. http://www.blurb.com/my/book/detail/3172639
read morePuffins and Seabirds Photography on the Farne Islands
It is coming around to that time of year again when we can get out to the Farne Islands to take pictures of the Atlantic Puffin and other seabirds. The seabirds are returning to the Farne Islands where they will breed again. They will be on the nest sites any day now and the egg laying will coincide with the arrival of the sand eels in the area of the North Sea adjacent to the Farnes. The best month to get pictures of the puffins is June as they start to feed their young and are flying with sand eels in their mouths. A westerly wind is best as they fly into the wind as they land and a...
read moreLapwing Vanellus vanellus
The lapwings are now back on territory looking to lay eggs and rear their young. The Borders are a stronghold for these beautiful birds who have the nickname “Peewit” Since the 1940s lapwing declines have been driven by large-scale changes to farming. Large areas of grassland were converted to arable, marginal land was drained and improved, and chemicals were introduced for fertilizers and pest control with increasing reliance on them. By 1960 the lapwing populations had stabilized, albeit at a lower level. The 1980’s saw another decline in numbers due to agricultural practices....
read moreDipper on the River Tweed, Melrose, Scottish Borders
Here are a few of the dipper pictures from yesterday at Melrose in the Borders. The dippers have had their first clutch and the young dippers have left their nest. The parents seamed to split he young birds up so keeping track f them was proving quite difficult. I sat and watched them for a few hours taking quite a lot of pictures. Here are just a few few...
read moreEuropean Otter, River Tweed, Melrose, Scottish Borders
I have been to the cauld (weir) at Melrose on the River Tweed many times, its a great place for dippers and wagtails. But every time I go there I look around the banks and see otter spraint around area on the rocks. I have been going back many times with the hope I will see one of the River Tweed otters close enough to get some pictures of one. I went to the cauld today looking to get pictures of the dippers, I had seen them yesterday just as the young dippers left the nest and went back to hopefully get some pictures, Whilst I was there the otter put in an appearance, swimming up the main...
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