Monthly Archives: June 2012

Here’s a few pictures of some little brown jobs,lbj’s,otherwise known as meadow pipits in this particular blog.They were taken from the car as Ollie and I drove through the Lammermuir Hills over the last week or two.They are often overlooked … Continue reading →

On tuesday evening several members of Duns Camera Club met up at Duns Castle lake.It was one of three meetings that we had planned for the summer and we were there to primarily photograph the wildfowl on the lake.The weather … Continue reading →

Where Ollie and I walk,down by the River Whiteadder, there is a peregrine nest site on a cliff face above the river.The site has been used for at least the last 10 years and this year another 3 young have … Continue reading →

The Redshank and Golden Plover are two of the more attractive birds that come into the Lammermuir Hills and surrounding moorland to breed in the spring/summer.The redshank posed briefly on moorland before flying a little way off and calling its’ … Continue reading →

Sometimes when we go out in the car Ollie and I come across just a brief glimpse of wildlife,where we get just an odd image or two,before moving on to the next encounter. Here’s a few of those brief encounters … Continue reading →

I was driving down off the Lammermuir Hills,looking across the fields to the distant hillside to see if the short eared  owls were out hunting.They weren’t but my eye was drawn to the drystone wall alongside the road.A meadow pipit … Continue reading →

Driving up into the Lammermuir Hills,here in the Scottish Borders,I came across and photographed these 3 different subjects.The skylark and the snipe both nest up here in the summer.The skylark was taken close to the road,thus showing close up detail,while … Continue reading →