Category Archives: Wildlife Photography

Here’s a few more images that I took with the macro lens,as I walked Ollie down to the river.All of the images were taken along a 30 metre stretch of the track,which just goes to show that if you slow … Continue reading →

August is a great month to get up into the Lammermuir Hills.The major downer,of course, is that the grouse shooting season begins on the 12th but the hillsides are covered with various shades of purple and are transformed.The heather is in … Continue reading →

Just before the last of the visiting breeding birds left the Lammermuir Hills, I took a quick drive up the hill road with Ollie in the back.There wasn’t alot to see but we did come across these young starlings and … Continue reading →

I recently dusted off the macro lens and here are a few of the images that I took while walking Ollie down to the River Whiteadder,here in the Scottish Borders.

Two quick visits to the Lammermuir Hills,here in the Scottish Borders and Ollie and I managed to get these few images.It was a particularly breezy day when I photographed the Red Grouse but a calmer,brighter evening when the Oystercatcher posed … Continue reading →

I don’t do alot of flower photography but when I saw an image of Northern Marsh Orchids posted by Ronnie Richardson lately,I thought that I had to give it a go.So having got the rough location from Ronnie,off I set … Continue reading →

Here’s a few images from a Duns Camera Club meeting at Duns Castle lake one evening and an image from a walk along the River Whiteadder with Ollie.

My photographic excursions are too few and far between these last few months.So when I do get out,I’m tending to go to the places I know there will be subjects to photograph.All very frustrating,but here’s a few more images from … Continue reading →

Ollie was checking out the best paddling pools as we walked down by the River Whiteadder,not that there’s many as the river is so low at the moment,and I sensed a pair of beady eyes watching us from above.I looked … Continue reading →

One of the most attractive birds to breed up in the Lammermuir Hills,in the Scottish Borders,is the Golden Plover.Ollie and I came across a couple of different individuals but the one in the cotton grass was in a particularly attractive … Continue reading →