The third and final posting on my day out with the falconer.This time a few images of a peregrine falcon.
Beautiful Peregrine.
Settling down.
Looking out.
All shook up.
Peregrine falcon.
Fanned out tail.
Looking out from the rock face.
Over the shoulder look.
Peregrine falcon.
Peregrine looking back over its’ shoulder.
Here’s a few more images that I took on the Duns C.C day out with a ‘falconer’.
Kestrel,m on gate end.
Little Owl and the nail.
Kestrel,m.
Little Owl on old disused feedbin handle.
Male Kestrel on the lookout.
Little Owl in a hole in the wall.
Male Kestrel on gate end.
Little Owl and the spruce cones.
Male Kestrel.
Fluffed up Little Owl.
Last month Duns camera club had their annual ‘let’s book a falconer’ day.We met just outside Greenlaw,in the Scottish Borders and here is a selection of Barn Owl images that I took on the day.
Here’s a few images from my recent travels as me and Ollie slowly get back into our photography.
Baaaahing in the Lammermuirs.
Burn running through the Lammermuir Hills.
Feral Pigeons on an old roof in the Scottish Borders.
Contrasty Mute Swans on the River Whiteadder,Berwickshire,Scottish Borders.
Bee Hives amid the flowering heather in the Lammermuir Hills,Scottish Borders.
Black faced sheep,through the grasses, in the Lammermuirs.
Bales through the mist in Berwickshire,Scottish Borders.
Feral Pigeons on a slate roof in Berwickshire,Scottish Borders.
The long and windy road over the Lammermuir Hills.
Red Grouse through the heather in the Lammermuir Hills,Scottish Borders.
One of the first things I did when I moved house,back in June,was reassemble my garden photography hide.It hadn’t been used for 3-4 years and just looked like a pile of firewood stacked up in my wheelbarrow.Now it’s up and hopefully will get some use through the winter.I’ve dug out a small wildlife pond in front of the hide and so it’s only a matter of time before the kingfishers,otters and ospreys move in…..I wish! Ollie and me have sat in the hide for about an hour so far and already he’s complaining about the lack of comforts.No sheepskin rugs and why can’t I rip the sitting room radiator off the wall and pipe all the heating out to the hide.And no,he’s not a spoiled brat….He says.
Anyway I digress.Here’s a few more images from the back garden.
This cock pheasant came in to drink from the pond while we were in the hide.
Fem.House Sparrow.
Dunnock on the garden fence.
Robin on the garden fence.
Young male house sparrow,in need of some grooming tips.
Backlit female house sparrow.These are by far the most common bird in my garden.
Rabbit feeding on the lawn.Hopefully they’ll stay with the grass/clover and not venture into the flower beds.
Robin singing on my personalised weather vane.
Same Robin as above.
Song Thrush bathing in my little 5 foot square wildlife pond.
Here’s a few images as I slowly get back into my photography.All taken in my new back garden.
Here are some pictures I prepared, in a blog, a year ago.Chirpy little characters.
Here’s a few more images from our hospital trips over to Melrose and back each day.
Bale with field patterns and colours,near Scotts View,Melrose in the Scottish Borders.
Autumnal treescape near Scotts View,Melrose in the Scottish Borders.
Leaderfoot viaduct and autumnal trees.
Over the last couple of months Ollie and I have been back and forth to Melrose every day.As we drive along in the car we’ve been observing the changing colours,stopping and taking the occasional picture as we go.Most of these images were taken at Scotts View,in the Scottish Borders.Something a little different from my normal images.
Trees near Earlston.
Picking out smaller areas of Scotts View.
The view before you descend down into Earlston.
The Herald Moth,Scoliopteryx libatrix,is a particularly attractive moth I think.They hibernate over winter in cold,dark places before they re emerge in the spring.At this time of the year they may be seen still active at night but more likely you may come across them in your outhouse,shed or as in this case,a coal bunker.
Here’s a few images.
