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PHOTOPOETRY

An early morning trip up north and across the border reaped rewards in the form of 4 Black Grouse strutting their stuff on the...

Bit of an exaggeration: dipped on Ptarmigan (no sign near the ski-lifts) and Black Grouse (rain stopped play), but otherwise productive...

It was a question of getting out early today to beat the incoming storm. And with the Dowitcher having shown well at Campfield the day...

The Richardson's Cackling Goose was nowhere to be seen at Caerlaverock but a wonderfully confiding Little Egret made up for it at nearby...

Well, having missed out a couple of times, I ended up pinning down some of these beauties, this time in Dumfries town centre. The light...

Castle Loch did not look promising in the drizzle and breeze, and the Bittern seen the day before decided not to show. a pair of...

There were no Waxwings at Penrith but some gorgeous Redwings made up for this. Further east, an adult Ring-necked Duck at Ellerton gave...

New site for me - Longtown sewage works! And my first Firecrest for Cumbria. Took a while, though. And didn't really play ball for long....

An adult Mediterranean Gull and a Purple Sandpiper showed well at St Mary's Island (but there was no sign of the Caspian Gull). Indeed,...

The sub-adult Ring-necked showed well this time at Pine Lake, Lancashire. (I'd missed it on a previous occasion.) The light was good,...