A much argued topic is that of, “Is it a sea trout or a brown trout?” The first problem is that they are all the same fish: Salmo trutta. Stock a river in Patagonia with brown trout and come back 10 years later and you will find sea trout. Strip a hen sea trout and…
An influx of painted lady butterflies appeared in north Edinburgh, today. Never seen them in numbers here before. They were drawn to lavender plants at the edge of Victoria Park, giving me a chance to get some shots. Quite skittish. Doubt they would have let me get close enough with the macro lens, but I…
We came across two mice that had got trapped inside a coolbox. whether one died and the other took advantage to stay alive by eating it, or the one that was alive survived by killing and eating the other, we will never know. The strangest thing was that while we were examinging the scene and…
A family of three otters, mucking about in open water on Loch Lochy.
Some shots, taken in February (major steam on lens warning!!!) at the Butterfly Farm at Dobbies’ garden centre, at Melville.
Common carder bee, honey bees, tree bumblebee, and others…
Evidence of beavers on a Scottish river, February 2017
