Oscar writes: While we were staying in Doñana we spent an evening on a heathland where I was hoping to photograph subalpine warblers. Unfortunately I had no success with those, but did manage some photos of a Woodchat Shrike perched in the brambles as we were on our way out. Nikon D800, Nikon 400mm f.2.8…
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Blogs
I’ve written over 4000 blog posts here in just over 6 years, and they have had over 4 million page views. But there are other blogs out there and I dip into them too. I plan to start an irregular selection on occasional Sunday mornings, of blog posts that have caught my attention. Here’s the…
Five weeks today – four more Hen Harrier Day events
South: Venue: RSPB Arne, Wareham, BH20 5BJ Start: 11am Speakers: Chris Packham, and tbc For more info: @HenHarrierDaySouth Highland: Venue: Community Hall, Boat of Garten, PH24 3BL Start: 1pm Speakers: Mark Avery, Andy Wightman MSP, Allan Bantick, Harry Huyton (One Kind), Ian Thomson (RSPB), Peter Argyle (Cairngorms NP) For more info: Facebook, @HHDayHighlands …
See you there on the Inglorious 12th
Sunday book review – The Red Squirrel by Scotland the Big Picture
This is a beautiful book with fantastic images. Most of the photos are by Neil McIntyre (with a few from James Shooter, Peter Cairns and Jackie Walker). Seen one Red Squirrel, seen them all? No! Despite this book having scores of Red Squirrel images the species is so photogenic and the images are so crisp…