Archive for February, 2007



Grey Seal Eating Eider Ducks

Published on February 25, 2007

I have recently found several Eider duck carcases on the shoreline near to my cottage, and I have also received reports of a Seal attacking the sea birds
near here. Today I was fortunate to witness a Grey Seal which had caught an Eider drake and was devouring it. The photographs were taken from quite a
distance […]


Mountain Reflections

Published on February 6, 2007

I travelled to Inverary with the family today to pick up my daughters wedding dress and our outfits from Redshanks tailors and dressmakers.
Naturally, I had the camera with me, so I couldn’t resist some photographs along the way. All taken with the Canon 1DS2 and 24-70mm lens.
Best wishes, and thanks to […]


Spring is on the way

Published on February 5, 2007

I saw my first bee of the year today, the snowdrops are all flowering in the garden woodland, and some of the rododendrums are flowering in Mount Stuart -
yes, signs of spring beginning to show.
The garden feeding station is really busy, I am feeding 100 kilos sunflowers seed, 25 kilos peanuts, and several […]