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Saturday, 30 August 2025

Scotland 2025

 A trip to the Trossachs Osprey Hide proved fruitful with three fly overs and one dive (apparently, we were lucky with the dive as I got talking to someone else in the hide who had been there three times and had not seen one Osprey let alone a dive). I only wish I had used a shorter focal length lens instead of the 500mm as I chopped off the Ospreys wings in some shots. A bite of bait in a picnic area after the hide visit produced some canny insects. Later that evening I went looking for Beavers with a couple of friends and it turned out to be a canny night.

Female Blackcap.

This male Kingfisher kept us entertained while we waited for an Osprey.


The highlight of the morning a diving Osprey catching a fish.









Plant Bug.

Rhagio tringarius Fly?

Leaf Hopper.




Small Signal Fly.

Scathophaga Sp. Fly?

Beaver.




Thursday, 21 August 2025

Farne Islands

 I haven’t been to the Farne Islands for a long time so when I asked my wife if she fancied a trip I was surprised when she said yes (she could get sea sick on a Lilo and believe it or not her dad was in the Merchant Navy) so I booked a trip straight away with Billy Shield. It was a great day out and my wife even enjoyed her time on the boat but the highlight was our time spent on the Island photographing the birds.

Kittiwakes.

Shag.

Bridled Guillemot.

Guillemot.






Puffin.













Razorbill.


Arctic Tern.




Ringed Plover.


Rock Pipit.

Seal enjoying a lie down out of the sea.

Eider Duck in the harbour when we got back to Seahouses.