Author Archives: Phil Mclean

Here’s a few more images taken as Ollie and I have driven along the Westruther road.They are all birds of the wader family that have come up onto the moorland to breed and raise their young in this so called … Continue reading →

When Ollie and I go for a walk down by the River Whiteadder I carry a tripod,camera body and either the long lens or more recently,my macro lens.I don’t carry both lenses,not just because of the weight,but because I find … Continue reading →

Here’s a little selection of bird images from Westruther moor. Hope you like them.Bye bye for now.

Over the last week or two we’ve had rather alot of damp,dull days and so I thought I’d dust off the macro lens and see what I could find to photograph.On duller,cooler days the insects are less active and hopefully … Continue reading →

Here’s a few pictures of some little brown jobs,lbj’s,otherwise known as meadow pipits in this particular blog.They were taken from the car as Ollie and I drove through the Lammermuir Hills over the last week or two.They are often overlooked … Continue reading →

On tuesday evening several members of Duns Camera Club met up at Duns Castle lake.It was one of three meetings that we had planned for the summer and we were there to primarily photograph the wildfowl on the lake.The weather … Continue reading →

Where Ollie and I walk,down by the River Whiteadder, there is a peregrine nest site on a cliff face above the river.The site has been used for at least the last 10 years and this year another 3 young have … Continue reading →

The Redshank and Golden Plover are two of the more attractive birds that come into the Lammermuir Hills and surrounding moorland to breed in the spring/summer.The redshank posed briefly on moorland before flying a little way off and calling its’ … Continue reading →

Sometimes when we go out in the car Ollie and I come across just a brief glimpse of wildlife,where we get just an odd image or two,before moving on to the next encounter. Here’s a few of those brief encounters … Continue reading →

I was driving down off the Lammermuir Hills,looking across the fields to the distant hillside to see if the short eared  owls were out hunting.They weren’t but my eye was drawn to the drystone wall alongside the road.A meadow pipit … Continue reading →