Walks with my camera
Fish but no Chips
Last Wednesday I was leading a wee nature walk at Antermony Loch and was pleased to see this Osprey, especially as there seemed to be a lack of other wildlife around. I was willing it to make a catch in front of our group. It was gliding and circling around, sometimes right in front of…
On Coll
We’re not long back from visiting one of our favourite islands, Coll. This island is a treat for the senses, as its not just the sights of wildlife that thrill but the sounds. Every morning and evening in our campervan we heard the pee-wit call of lapwings in the field next to us. They looked…
Otter in the Water
I visited the isle of Mull on a recent campervan trip and had intended going to Loch na Keil, a well known otter hotspot frequented by wildlife photographers. However we didn’t have to leave our campsite pitch near the pier at Craignure to see this otter. I was sitting having breakfast when up popped this…
Magnificent Birds
The sea was calm on our boat trip to the Isle of May and we passed by the Bass Rock, famous for its gannet colony. We were able to get really close up to these magnificent birds. Some were sitting on eggs, some like this pair were rubbing beaks together as part of a courtship…
Puffin Paradise
Yesterday a friend and I went on a boat trip from Dunbar to the Isle of May. We had timed it for peak puffin season and we weren’t disappointed! There were tens of thousands of puffins on land and sea around the island. Many were busy bringing in sand eels to their hidden “puffling” chicks…
Chick Checking
While I was “over the pond” in the US I was aware that I’d be missing the chicks on our own nearby ponds and lochs. So I’ve been out looking to check for chicks, especially looking for cygnets and baby crested grebes. As I suspected, the ones I found were already many weeks old. The…
Striking Woodpeckers
Feeling jet lagged after our travels we took a wander up the back lane to try and keep awake. We heard the insistent pleading “chook chook chook” of a baby woodpecker and tried to work out where it was coming from. We identified the tree, right next to the lane and saw a woodpecker flying…
The Wild West – Birds
It’s great to see and hear totally new birds when abroad. In America they have a robin too, but it apart from its amber chest it doesn’t look anything like our robin. It has a black back and is the size of a thrush. However it is vocal and happy to pose for photographs just…
The Wild West -Mammals
Last month we visited first Colorado and then Oregon in Western USA. I went armed with my less cumbersome middle lens. The first wildlife that I photographed were these comical prairie dogs. They dug out big holes in the prairie earth and could be seen popping in and out of them. They were about the…
Mid May Sightings
No otter sightings at all for me this year on our visit to the Isle of Jura. The weather was wilder and the sea much choppier, so maybe that made them harder to spot. Or maybe we just weren’t lucky this year. But the seals were basking in their usual favourite place. You can see…
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