IMAGE OF THE MONTH JULY 2016 New Beginnings This guillemot chick has to jump from the top of the cliffs to be with it’s parent. The adult can better protect the chick in the water from all the herring gulls on land trying to distract the adult and get an easy...
IMAGE OF THE MONTH JUNE 2016 Puffin with mouthful of sandeels The puffin is my favourite little seabird and what’s not to like about them. They are full of character and charm. It takes a lot of effort for the puffin to collect the sandeels at sea for it’s...
IMAGE OF THE MONTH MAY 2016 Arctic Skua in a flap On the north west coast of Scotland lies the beautiful Handa Island, owned by Scourie Estate and managed by the Scottish Wildlife Trust. Each summer, nearly 100,000 seabirds breed here, including numbers of...
IMAGE OF THE MONTH APRIL 2016 On the Road to Nowhere Here we are at the end of April and it still feels more like winter rather than spring. On this day the weather was changing so fast, one minute it was snow showers the next the sun was breaking through the clouds...
IMAGE OF THE MONTH MARCH 2016 Ptarmigan overlooking the cloud inversion On this day I set off in the cloud but soon rose above it to clear blue skies and sunshine, what a relief. The ptarmigan were staying above the cloud to enjoy the warmth of the sunshine. As they...
