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Archive for May, 2009

Britain’s Rarest Slipper

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »

As a variation from birds we took the opportunity to photograph one of only two Lady's Slipper Orchids in Britain. The flower heads were just beginning to open and it was a rare treat to see this gem in the ...

Worst May Weather Ever

Thursday, May 21st, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »

All week it has rained with a strong wind blowing over the hills and once again it was impossible to consider filming the Golden Plover - today the young fledged. We shall now have to wait until next year! The highlight ...

Lesser Spotted Perform

Sunday, May 17th, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »

I only took one still shot through the video camera and here it is the male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker about to enter the nest hole to feed newly hatched young. I had a magical three and a half hours filming ...

Blown Away

Sunday, May 10th, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »

One of the bonuses of being out there in the wild is that even when the birds don't perform the weather can. This photo of a Pennine sunset was the only highlight of a night waiting to film hunting male ...

Migration Continues

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009 Posted in General | No Comments »

This weeks photo shows two of the fifty three Black Tailed Godwits that passed through Islay last week. It was taken as a still photo through the video camera and is only one million megapixels but the results never ...