Gigrin Red Kites – Wow!
Photographing red kites at a feeding station is an exhilarating experience, and nowhere more so than at Gigrin Farm in Wales.
Wildlife
Worcestershire: Little Owls, Kingfisher and A Confiding Snipe
A rare trip South of the Border rewarded me with wonderful encounters with little owls, kingfishers and a confiding snipe.
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Aviemore: Ospreys in the Mist, Mountain Hares in the Rain
The final part of my whistle-stop tour of Scotland saw me in Aviemore for a challenging attempt to photograph ospreys in the mist and mountain hares in the rain.
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Mull: Black Guillemots, Seabirds (Puffins finally!) and White-Tailed Eagles
It took four attempts this year, but I finally made it to Lunga for some much needed puffin therapy.
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An Endearing Grey Heron and St Abbs Head
A whistle-stop visit to East Lothian: encounter with a scruffy juvenile heron and the seabirds of St Abbs Head.
Daylight Pine Martens! A Day in the Nature Nuts wildlife hide
Little did I know when I booked a day at the Nature Nuts wildlife hide that not only would I see a pine marten at lunchtime, but I’d also be the first to see one of this year’s adorable kits.
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Bamff Beavers
It took three years, but finally I enjoyed a wonderful weekend in the company of some of Perthshire’s amazing beavers at Bamff Ecotourism.
A Wild(life) Weekend in the East
A weekend of wildlife including elusive puffins, seabirds, red squirrels, hares and red kites.
A Week on Mull
Mixed conditions but an enjoyable week on Mull in the company of sea eagles, otters, little birds and ever so cute young lambs – even if I never made it to Lunga…
A return to the red squirrels
A long-overdue return to Neil McIntryre’s stunning red squirrel hide in the Cairngorms.
