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Ollie and I spotted a mountain hare in the heather as we drove through the Lammermuir Hills and managed a few pictures before it turned and wandered back through the heather and away. Coming down off the hills we also spotted … Continue reading →

Drive up into the Lammermuir Hills at this time of the year and you can’t fail to see or hear the breeding curlews.With the chicks now scampering around with the adults you will often see one of the parents move … Continue reading →

I haven’t posted any images for a while as opportunities to get out and about with the camera have been too few and far between.But here are a few images that I have managed to take and more will follow … Continue reading →

On my travels, close to the Lammermuir Hills,in the Scottish Borders I came across several groups of Greylag geese feeding in the fields.I also had a walk around Duns Castle lake,which was reasonably quiet for birdlife,but the resident Mute swans … Continue reading →

More driving up in the Lammermuir Hills,Scottish Borders and this time Ollie and I got close to the male Red Grouse.A very handsome fellow in his breeding plumage and bright red eyebrows. Here’s a few images.

I took Ollie for a drive up across the Lammermuir Hills,hoping to find something co-operative to photograph.This little splash of white caught my eye,a small pocket of remaining snow was my first instinctive thought.But no.Double take as I’m slowly driving … Continue reading →

Here’s a few more images from along the Westruther road in Berwickshire.The snow had melted and left large puddles in some of the fields.The incoming breeding birds were beginning to arrive and a pair of redshank settled down and began … Continue reading →

Never mind a white Christmas,we had a white Easter this year.The weather confused all the birds coming into the hills to breed,with the short eared owls coming into the Lammermuirs and then heading off back to the coast when the … Continue reading →

I was talking to a friend of mine at the camera club last month and he said,’You should get yourself along the Westruther road.Someone told me that the mountain hares have come down off the hills and are sitting on … Continue reading →

Back at the end of November 2012 I entered 12 images into the S.N.P Awards.I’ve just been informed that 5 of them have been shortlisted (same as last year).The final judging takes place over the next 2/3 weeks.    Fingers crossed. … Continue reading →