Author Archives: Phil Mclean

At the weekend I managed to come across some brown hares in a barren stony field,not too far from home.I spotted two of them stand and confront each other,as I was slowly driving along a quiet back road.I quickly found … Continue reading →

I came across this brown hare as I was driving around the local back roads,here in the Borders.It wasn’t doing any running around,never mind boxing,but at least it had a bit of a wash and groom. Hope you enjoy.Please come … Continue reading →

Here’s a few more images from my time spent down at Duns Castle lake,last month. By under exposing in the strong,late afternoon sunlight the birds are highlighted against the very dark water.It improves the reflection and produces a more pleasing … Continue reading →

I’ve been slowly driving around the back roads of Berwickshire,looking for any brown hare activity.Up here in the Borders there are still a mixture of stubble,ploughed and newly seeded fields and I’ve seen a good number of hares lying up … Continue reading →

I’ve been driving around the local back roads,for an hour or two,looking for any wildlife to photograph.Boxing hares would be nice,but as yet,no luck.A number of them do appear to have paired up,but I’ve witnessed very little action.There’s plenty of … Continue reading →

Thought I’d go back and revisit the grey squirrel drey.Normally a drey would be at the top of the tree,obscured by branches and difficult to get any decent images of, but this is the first one I’ve come across that … Continue reading →

On Wednesday evening the annual Borders photographic competition was held in Selkirk and a number of us travelled across from Duns Camera Club.Alot of the pictures were very good and our club did well.Where we didn’t do so well,the judging … Continue reading →

Last week the photographers who entered the ‘Scottish Nature Photography Awards’ were notified if they had made the shortlist.This is the first time that I had entered this competition and this year is only the second time that it had … Continue reading →

I’ve not managed to get out as much as I would like this past week and when I have it has not been for long.I’ve taken a few pictures,nothing too exciting,some more distant than I would like and I’ve even … Continue reading →

This month the organisers of the British Wildlife Photography Awards have started calling for entries for this years’ competition.It is open to photographers from around the world but the images must have been taken in Britain.To learn more about it,go … Continue reading →