I’m not a birder or a twitcher or anything, but I like birds, and have taken a passing interest in them ever since getting drawn into the expensive habit of feeding wild birds. My favourites are the raptors and I can thoroughly recommend a day out doing the falconry experience at one of the various bird of prey centres around the country. Birds make good targets for the camera and they certainly help to hone the skills. A big lens helps!
Divers: Black-throated, red-throated and great northern
Divers are magnificent creatures. They seem to be gradually increasing in range and numbers. We see black-throated divers on many lochs from Perthshire, northwards. Red throated divers are not quite so common, but can be seen on Loch Watten, as well as Orkney, the Western Isles and other remote places. They are not the most approachable birds, however, and getting a decent photo of them is hard!
Bonxies & Arctic Skuas
aka Great Skuas & Parasitic Skuas
Whooper swans
On Loch Eye
Monk parakeets
An invasive species from South America, colonies have established themselves along the south coast of spain. These were in Murcia.
