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A Mountain Hare taken last year

Sadly a lot of them are culled on the Grouse Moors, so can be hard to find.

Did you catch any cod

Not last night Robo, got a couple on Tuesday though

A couple of Grey Partridges


Quite rare up here, lots of French ones put out with the Pheasants, but the indigenous ones are few and far between.

See quite a few Red Grouse in the Glens once you get to around a 1000 feet above sea level.

A Wheatear in the Highlands earlier in the year

We get quite a few moorland birds and an occasional sighting of winter hares. My son had a strange encounter with a red grouse last week when walking on the moors. It was standing on the path and didn't fly away when he walked past it, then it flew onto the back of his neck and clapped it's wings hard on either side of his head. It then went back to guard the path. He said he just kept walking as it was either exceedingly macho or barmy!

Yet another beautiful photo. You shouldn't be wasting all these talents in retirement!

I'm not wasting any talents Primrose, I enjoy sharing the pictures with my virtual buddies.

And I,m sure everybody on here thoroughly enjoys them but I still think they are deserving of a wider audience !

These are viewable on the internet on my flickr site and I have had a couple printed in the Scottish Field magazine in the past. There are literally thousands of amateur photographers vying to sell images, not a cattle market I could be bothered with really.

tigerburnie wrote: There are literally thousands of amateur photographers vying to sell images, not a cattle market I could be bothered with really.

How true, a cattle market indeed. So mny people with a half decent camera (or maybe not in some cases) and little if any training want to call themselves a photographer by profession.

The pics you choose to share with us are excellent, carry on posting on places that give you the most satisfaction

Well said, Pa Snip....

A Shelduck taken earlier in the year, we have quite a few up here, but they are very nervous.

Now that is one handsome duck! Thanks so much for sharing your pictures tiger! I find myself looking forward to seeing what you will post each day!