Wicken Fen

A short walk around Wicken Fen in what was almost summer weather yesterday. Good to see lots of damsel and dragonflies about (azure and four-spot) and many other insects. House sparrows have become a lot less common so godo to see them flourishing at Wicken and they have a partial albino Pheasant which added interest

Last Evening in Skye

The sun shone for our last evening in Skye though there were some heavy showers and rainbows. There was a small flock of ?Lesser Redpolls and a Robin feeding its young with an unidentified prey. Otherwise photographing around Corbost was a lovely end to the week.

Braes Beach, Isle of Skye

Typically on the last day of our holiday in Skye we find the perfect beach for the grandchildren - long stretches of sand, rock pools and short but exciting route from the car. The light was ever changing as showers came across.

Places Visited on our Skye Minibus Tour

View of the Storr from Storr Loch, Old Man of Storr and View of Mainland from Lealt Falls

Kilt Rock, Quiraing and Fairy Glen

 Dun Beag Broch, Fairy Pools and View from Tallisker Distillery

 Views of Black and Red Cullins from Sligachan Bridge with a wedding shoot in progress.

Whistle-stop Skye Tour

As it is very difficult to do much sight-seeing or photography when on holiday with 5 and 3 year old children, two of the adults went on an organised scenic minibus tour round the island yesterday with Scenic Skye Tours . Here a few monochrome conversions of my favourite locations. Will put up colour images with site idenitifications later.

Sea Eagles

We took the obligatory boat trip to see the Sea Eagles yesterday. We were advised that the longer Star Dust trip on the first boat of the day would be the best chance. They were right as we had three or four opportunites to capture the Eagles coming down for fish - two different female birds. The male Sea Eagle did a fly around and interacted with a gull but didn't come down to the water.