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The Blue tit.
The easy way to photograph a few garden birds.1.Set up a feeding station outside your window(kitchen in my case),within range of your longest lens.Set up a post next to the nuts/seeds,on which to attach a natural perch(twig/branch/whatever).I use garden wire … Continue reading
Little Grebe.
Last month I spent a couple of afternoons photographing the little grebe or dabchick,as it is also known.Ollie and me had noticed a pair of them during our walks along the riverbank and so I decided to come back while … Continue reading
Duns Castle lake.
A couple of posts back I put up some mallard images taken at Duns Castle lake.I was there for a couple of hours and here are some more images from that single session.
More Garden Birds.
Here’s a few more garden bird images with the blue tit and house sparrow being the most numerous on my patch.
Mallards.
I took a small trip up the road to Duns Castle nature reserve to photograph the mallards on the lake,which was mostly frozen over.Armed with the camera gear and a pot of bird seed,I settled down at the side of … Continue reading
Winter Red Grouse.
Driving through the Lammermuir Hills in december,Ollie in the back of the car,looking for wildlife to photograph.It’s -1C outside but feeling much colder with the wind chill.Inside the car it’s no warmer,as both front windows are open,a beanbag on both … Continue reading
Frosty mornings.
Here’s just a few little images that caught my eye as Ollie and me were walking along the banks of the River Whiteadder last month.
The handsome Red Grouse.
During a trip up to the Lammermuirs in the car last month,me and Ollie came across this rather handsome red grouse feeding on the heather.He had very distinguished looking white markings around his head,throat and across his back.A lot more … Continue reading
Ice and Leaves.
Walking Ollie,my springer spaniel, down by the River Whiteadder at Edington in the Scottish Borders my eye was drawn toward the colourful autumnal norway maple leaves amid the drab, decay of previous fallen leaves. Later,on another walk with Ollie,we were … Continue reading