Meadow Pipit

Headed down to Maiden again and there was a whole flock of these little birdies!

Shag under attack

Went down to Girvan harbour and watched this shag catching dinner. He would spend a couple of minutes under the water and as soon as he surfaced the gull would try and steal his dinner, always unsuccessfully as the fish was down his throat so fast.

Redshank at Maidens

It felt like a beautiful Spring morning today down at Maidens. No wind and the sky gave off a fantastic light. I wanted to try and get close to some of the waders down on the shoreline. The tide was coming in so I got myself into position just behind the sea-weed tide line. I laid down a plastic mat and lay down covering myself with the camo netting and had the camera resting on my bean-bag, and waited patiently.

Long-tailed Tit

One of my favourite birds.

Pheasants

Last Wednesday I ventured out in -4c! What a frost. I had a couple of hours in these artic conditions near the house so was able to go un-noticed by this female pheasant

Starlings but No Waxwings

I was hoping the Waxwings would return to Kirkmichael before all the berries were eaten by the startling. I guess the starlings have got to eat the same as waxwings.

Waxwings in Maybole, South Ayrshire

I was on my way to Ayr as their had been numerous sightings of Waxwings and so as I drove through Maybole I decided to take the back road and just as you leave the town, there on a tree were about 12 waxwings. They were there for about half an hour then another group of about 40 came, communicated to each other and they all flew off North toward Ayr...saving me a trip.
Next time I hope to get the ultimate shot of them eating the Rowan berries :)