For more than fifty years I have spent many days searching the Hebrides for Golden Eagles to film under the appropriate Licence. I have found many eyries but none as spectacular as this weeks blog photo – the female Eagle is incubating eggs in an eyrie on a sea-cliff and is surrounded by Red Campion and Roseroot – can it get any better than that?
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The warm and sunny summer has been the bonus that our butterflies have been waiting a long time for. Our garden sunflower has recently attracted Red Admirals with the local Golf course providing home to an incredible 260 Ringlets in August. Better still were 6 Wall Browns sunning themselves by the edge of a moorland reservoir.
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It never ceases to amaze me how, when you go out with your camera to photograph something, another subject appears that might give you a better picture. That’s exactly what happened the other week when I was sat under the camouflage cloth waiting for the Foxes to appear. Suddenly, two Roe Bucks came charging across the field and as they ran past me I was able to take a couple of photos. It was only later when I downloaded the photos that I realised one had three not the usual two antlers
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For the second successive year our local Barn Owls have reared five young. It’s a long process and has involved the male catching hundreds of prey items over the last six months. In his favour of course has been the best Spring and Summer weather in living memory. It won’t be long now before he is able to rest for a few short months before it all starts again!!
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An encounter with three grown-up Fox cubs playing on top of bales of hay has been one of the highlights of late summer. I waited several nights for them to perform !!!
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With the exceptional Summer that we have had it’s been an absolute pleasure to spend time in the company of hunting male Long Eared Owls. So as they return to their strictly nocturnal activities we can savour some of the photographic delights that they have provided me with.
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