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Swans (13 Nov 2022)

I visited the former hide near Burleigh Sands, Loch Leven NNR, to find it was demolished! A viewing screen is being built which unfortunately won’t offer seats. However…

Buff-tailed bumblebee (20 Jun 2020)

The scientific name for these is Bombus terrestris, and it’s one of the commonest bumblebees both in the UK and in my garden. I also have Tree bumblebees (Bombus…

Common blue damselfly (12 Jun 2020)

Spotted when I was out for a walk. I think is a male, and that the females are duller. The blue was exquisite and what was what drew…

Basil (10 Feb 2018)

I took Basil to a FIFe cat show in Dunblane. It was very, very cold in the hall and I had to wrap him up in a blanket…

Seagull’s Feet (14 Oct 2017)

I went to an event in a hall with a translucent root, and also with lots of birds walking around on it. Unfortunately where there are birds there…

GrCh Shunra Fawntasia (16 Apr 2016)

Taken at the Shorthair Cat Club of Scotland show, held at the Lomond Centre in Glenrothes. Eadlin is showing her fantastic eye colour & shape and her lovely…

Aoife

This photo is from the webcam I set up to watch what was going on in her kitten box. It’s on the cusp between dark when it took…

GrCh Shunra Fawntasia (10 Oct 2015)

Taken at the Cumberland Cat Show in 2015, where she got a Reserve Imperial Certificate. Shutter speed: 1/25s Aperture: ƒ/4 ISO: 800 Focal length: 26.25mm Taken: 10 October, 2015 13:10 Camera: PENTAX K-5 II

Aoife and kittens (04 Sep 2015)

Aoife also had her first litter in 2015, within a few days of Eadlin.  Here they are almost 3 months old. Shutter speed: 1/30s Aperture: ƒ/8 ISO: 12800 Focal length: 75mm Taken: 4…

Eadlin and kittens (29 Aug 2015)

Eadlin had her first litter in 2015.  Her kittens are 2 months old here. Shutter speed: 1/800s Aperture: ƒ/4.5 ISO: 12800 Focal length: 75mm Taken: 29 August, 2015 11:08 Camera: PENTAX K-5 II