" OTTERS ", ISLE OF MULL, JUNE 2011
(Contains 16 photos)
Some of the images here have taken 2 1/2 years to get. After years of tracking otters in bad light with bruised knees and elbows, battered camera gear and 5am starts at last it came together. Otters are hard to photograph because they are shy,they can smell you from miles away and can dissapear in a second. When the light is right (6am sunrise) and an otter comes ashore just yards away it makes up for hours of frustration.
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"KINGFISHERS"
(Contains 22 photos)
The Kingfisher touches the lives of everyone who sees them.
A flash of cobalt blue as they fly low and fast down a stretch of water they are rarely seen up close and it is a privilege for anyone to spend time and capture images of one of the world's most beautiful birds.
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" WHITE TAILED EAGLES ". (SEA EAGLE)
(Contains 49 photos)
White tailed or Sea Eagles photographed on the Isle of Mull, Scotland. Britains largest bird of prey they became extinct during the early 19th Century. The current population was re-introduced with a healthy population on the west coast of Scotland.
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LANDSCAPE IMAGES
(Contains 87 photos)
The image file for Landscapes is quite exensive and has been divided into 3 portfolios to enable easier viewing. The collections are accessed by clicking on the red LANDSCAPE IMAGES title above.
PORTFOLIO 1, Black & White Landscape Images.
PORTFOLIO 2, Images of the Land.
PORTFOLIO 3, Sea Lochs and Seascape Images.
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" ITS A SMALL SMALL WORLD "
(Contains 7 photos)
This small world of macro photography is a new venture for me so this portfolio will expand as I find more subjects to bother and then photograph.
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NEW " FOX CUBS "
(Contains 4 photos)
I now have access to a foxes den with cubs running close to the hide.
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Latest "Isle of Mull" April 2012
(Contains 57 photos)
This is a Misc collection from the latest visit to the Isle of Mull
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" LATEST " MISC IMAGES
(Contains 0 photos)
This folder contains the latest images from various new ongoing projects.
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" FAVOURITES " (Collection)
(Contains 88 photos)
The "Favourites" list is a collection of Photos which are favourites of mine which already appear in other portfolios. Sometimes photos get buried in the collections and may only recieve a cursory glance but these photos which I suspect may be a bit "Arty" deserve another chance.
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" ISLE OF MULL " Collections of Images for each visit
(Contains 195 photos)
This colection contains a portfolio for each visit throughout the year. The pictures may also appear in the species folders. The latest vist will sit as a "latest" folder until the latest trip is posted.
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" GREY SEALS AND PUPS"
(Contains 34 photos)
The Grey seal is Britain's largest carniverous mammal. When at sea, grey seals hunt alone; it is only on land that they congregate, often in their thousands. The seal's large eyes enable it to see well in dark murky waters.
The life-span for grey seals is 26-38 years. Grey seals breed fron September to December around British shores. The female gives birth to a single pup on a shore crowded with hundreds of other seals. At birth the the baby is covered with a thick , creamy white coat, but this is replaced by a greyish jueveile coat after about 3 weeks.
The pup grows quickly on its mothers milk, and she abandons her offspring after 3 weeks ready to mate again. The pups left on the beach, driven by hunger, soon take to the sea to find their first solid food.
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" OWLS " (Collection of portfolios)
(Contains 93 photos)
This group contains the following collection of photographs.
1. BARN OWLS
2. SHORT EARED OWLS
3. LONG EARED OWLS
4. EAGLE OWLS
5. BLACK BARN OWLS
6. LITTLE OWLS
7. TAWNY OWLS
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" BIRDS OF PREY " ( Collection of portfolios )
(Contains 94 photos)
This group contains the following collection of photographs.
1. COMMON BUZZARD
2. GOLDEN EAGLE
3. GOSHAWK
4. MERLIN
5. KESTREL
6. PEREGRINE
7. RED KITE
THE WHITE TAILED EAGLE PORTFOLIO SITS OUTSIDE OF THIS GROUP.
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" BRITISH MAMMALS " (Collection of portfolios)
(Contains 151 photos)
This group contains the following collection of Photographs.
1. OTTERS
2. GREY SQUIRRELS
3. MOUNTAIN GOATS
4. HIGHLAND COWS
5. RED DEER
6. FALLOW DEER
7. BROWN HARE
8. ATLANTIC GREY SEALS
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AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES
(Contains 2 photos)
This portfolio collection contains the following portfolios
TOADS
FROGS
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" BRITISH GARDEN BIRDS " (Collection)
(Contains 60 photos)
This group contains the following collection of photographs
1. THE ROBIN AT CHRISTMAS
2. " STARLING "
3. " GREAT TIT "
4. " LONG TAILED TIT "
5. " ROBIN "
6. " BLUE TIT "
7. " DUNNOCK "
8. " GOLDFINCH "
9. " TREE SPARROW "
10. " CHAFFINCH "
11. " COAL TIT "
12. " GREENFINCH "
13." JAY "
14 " SKYLARK"
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" WADERS & WATER BIRDS " (Collection)
(Contains 44 photos)
This group contains the following collection of photographs.
1." LAPWING "
2." RUFF "
3." COOT "
4." COMMON EIDER DUCK "
5." SHELDUCK "
6." PINTAIL "
7." TEAL "
8." MALLARD "
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"GOT EM" WAXWINGS AT LAST
(Contains 11 photos)
When we left the Isle of Mull last October Waxwings arrived from Scandinavia/Eastern Europe the day after we left. When we scoured the Lake district trying to find them they were always there the day before and so the picture carried on in the North West until eventually I gave up. It is pretty ironic therefore that they eventually turned up in a car park 7 miles from my house!
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" WOODPECKERS " (Greater spotted Woodpecker)
(Contains 11 photos)
This file contains images of the Greater Spotted Woodpecker
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" SPRING CHICKS "
(Contains 8 photos)
Starting with Coots feeding their offspring with freshwater shrimps
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THE BEARDED TIT
(Contains 2 photos)
Contains photographs of birds from Leighton Moss Reed-bed in South Cumbria
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SNOW BUNTINGS
(Contains 15 photos)
Mainly from Scandinavia and Greenland these little fellas decide to overwinter on a beach in Wales. It must be the Sun centre which makes them fly the distance.
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WHOOPER SWANS
(Contains 9 photos)
Taken at Martin Mere these birds will have migrated hundreds of miles to their wintering sites in southern Europe. Whoopers breed in subarctic Eurasia with a minimum of 1600 birds overwintering at Martin mere.
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BIRD WATCHING DUCKS
(Contains 1 photo)
A Mallard which obviously became curious about why humans would sit in a wooden box for hours at a time ticking lists came over to the other side and never went back.
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GAME BIRDS
(Contains 2 photos)
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HERONS (Collection)
(Contains 17 photos)
Contains
1.BITTERNS
2.GREY HERONS
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" THE ISLE OF MULL "
(Contains 0 photos)
This is the overall collection of Wildlife and Landscape images for the Isle of Mull
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