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Peregrine Falcon in the rain, in the wild

Peregrine Falcon in the rain

Sometimes, you just get lucky! After spending a week on the island of Texel, Holland, in the fog and rain both myself and friend, fellow photographer Rene De Heer had all but given up hope of getting anything out of the ordinary. We had even at one point considered coming home early and cancelling the...

A quick trip to Florida

Bitten by red ants, bitten by mosquito’s and stuck out in the open during a massive thunderstorm! I’ve just returned home from Florida, where the week was spent mostly trying to avoid said thunder storms, lightening (the worst storm produced 20,000 strikes in 4 hours!) and with not a single sunset to be seen the entire...

Otters on Mull

At one stage, this Otter popped up no more than 8 feet in front of me as I lay motionless next to a seaweed covered rock. I couldn’t move for fear of alerting him to my presence and he was way too close to focus the camera on anyway. I just sat there staring straight...

A few days with the Short Eared Owls

I was recently told about the location of a small group of Short Eared Owls and was quite excited to finally try and get some shots of these beautiful birds. I spent four days visiting the location to make the most of some spare time I had. I took quite a few shots so thought I’d share...