autumn

..... well you see that swan in the background... seems to be saying hello to them doesn't he? Loads of Greylag in, they seem to be overtaking the Pinkfoot in numbers now, I think. Though that's just a feeling from my pictures; we didn't seem to see too many Greylag at one time. I nearly...

... dunno! This youngster was all on his own, there were no adults anywhere near him. He was way over the far side of the loch, so this is quite a heavy crop.

Although we do have some Greylag resident in Scotland obviously, I think these were likely to be new winter arrivals.... hard to tell though, isn't it. I always think these guys look so ungainly when they come in to land LOL

On the very far strip of bog bean I spotted some Teal. Think you can just make them out, they do rather blend in, don't they.

This just gives a little feeling of the steepness of the hillside down to the river. A little further down the road there was quite a big landslide and the road was closed for a long time, first while they thought about it, then .... well it took a few years till it was re-opened!!!

A narrow strip of bog bean was just covered with ducks and geese. Mostly Greylag and Mallards, though no doubt there's some others hiding in this picture.

After taking the other picture of the road beside the Den of Airlie, I turned round to look at the view behind me. Not bad, is it!

This is the road running alongside the Den of Airlie. The den is quite a deep gorge (I'll show you another picture looking down at it later). At the top end of it are waterfalls, known as the Reekie Linn (reekie is Scottish for smoke). When the river Isla is in spate the spray looks like smoke...

This is the week I take a comparison picture at the same spot along the river. I've been doing this for several years now, just to see if there's much difference in this season from year to year. I was particularly interested to check it this year, after the long hot summer, to see what effect...

Tidying up my folders before archiving them, I realised I'd not shown you a picture of the River Tay, the longest rive in Scotland. It is tidal at this point, still a river, but not far from becoming an estuary a couple more miles down stream. This is looking from the Riverside Nature Park, on...

The last week of October is the week I go for a walk along the river to take a picture of the autumn leaves, it's an annual comparison. I've already shown you that picture. After taking that picture, I continued to walk along a bit and managed to spot this lady through the trees. It was...

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More photos on: www.ivansjogren.com Such a treat to see this beauty in Sweden. 10th record for the country and the first non-winter observation.

A scare autumn visitor More photos on: www.ivansjogren.com

Taken On Bulbourne Moor,Hemel Hempstead.

Grey squirrel foraging for a few morsels. Lincoln Castle 5/11/2011

Came across this little chap happily eating bramble in the hedge

Macin Mountains are the oldest mountains of Romania (hercynian orogenesis).

Even darker...;) Creuse; October 2009. Repost with new format and caption.

Creuse; October 2009. Repost with new format and caption.

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Last image in the series ;). Lac de Lavaudgelade; early November 2012.