A Look Back at 2024
A look back at 2024. It was a challenging year for a number of reasons, but I had some wonderful wildlife encounter and trips, was involved in a film and shared the wildlife with lovely and enthusiastic clients.
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An Otterly Fantastic Week in the West
It was lovely to return to the West Coast of Scotland for a week in November 2024. Morvern has become one of my favourite places and it’s always a joy to go back especially when the weather was cold and the wildlife plentiful.
Experiencing Scotland’s Wild Side: Morvern & Ardnamurchan Peninsula
The Ardnamurchan Peninsula and Morvern in Scotland’s west Highlands has captivated my over the past six months. Despite some challenging weather, wildlife encounters including otters and red deer made a memorable impression. The area’s richness has inspired me to put together an October photography holiday with local guide Peter Guthrie, showcasing its beauty and wildlife.
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My winter wildlife season has started
My winter wildlife photography workshop season has begun where I introduce clients to wildlife of the Scottish Highlands including red squirrels, crested tits, mountain hares and red deer. It’s gone well so far and the wildlife has been fantastic.
Crested Tits – A new site with loads of potential
I’m now taking bookings for my crested tit sites in the Scottish Highlands. I have two sites and in this blog talk about my new one set in scots pine and larch woodland with bags of photographic potential.
Summer 2023: Normally Nocturnal Wildlife
Over the summer months I enjoyed spending time with local pine martens and badgers, both species normally nocturnal. Wonderful creatures.
Winter Wildlife P3 – Mountain hares, Red Deer and Snow Bunting
In this final instalment of my winter wildlife blogs I’ll be sharing memories of my time on the hill with mountain hares but first, the other species I’ve yet to mention – red deer and snow bunting.
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Winter Wildlife P2: Crested Tits & Woodland Wildlife
In this blog I’m going to cover the wildlife enjoyed by my winter wildlife clients and myself in a fantastic pinewood. Within this wood I have set up a couple of nut feeders and enjoy visits from many species: crested tits, long-tailed tits, coal tits, great tits, blue tits, chaffinches, robins, dunnock, treecreepers, goldcrest, wrens, bank voles, pygmy shrew and red squirrels. Over the winter months there is so much going on, it’s brilliant!
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Winter Wildlife P1: Red Squirrels
Red squirrels are always a favourite with my clients and play a part in every winter workshop I run. Watching them bound across the ground, jump through the trees, chasing one another, and sitting eating nuts is so joyful. Personally, I never ever get sick of hanging out with them.
Autumn – Stunning Colours and Wildlife Encounters
Autumn in the Scottish Highlands has been a season of fantastic colours and challenging wildlife photography. However both myself and my clients have enjoyed some wonderful encounters with some of the incredible wildlife we have in the Highlands.
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