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loch of the lowes

  1. Canada Goose family

    Canada Goose family

    They were even further away than the grebe nest! And not only that, they were in the shade under the overhanging trees. I hardly ever see Canada geese round here, though they do seem to have been a bit more common this last year. Told you it was family day. Actually this reminds me of a day...
    • delia todd
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    • canada goose loch of the lowes
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    • Category: Britain & Europe
  2. Mallard family

    Mallard family

    Family day today. Just a point of interest, maybe, for some.... I found focusing quite difficult on the ruffled water, suppose I should have used one of the other options but somehow never seem to think about it in the heat of the moment. It did improve the closer they got, so this is one of...
    • delia todd
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    • continuous loch of the lowes mallard family sports mode
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  3. Grebe nest

    Grebe nest

    We moved on into the hide to see what was on the loch. From memory I'm pretty sure this was a Great Crested Grebe nest. It was quite a small object at distance, so a quite big crop. Strange, it seems so exposed and is virtually underneath an Osprey nest!
    • delia todd
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    • 2016 continuous dunkeld fuji finepix hs50 great crested grebe loch of the lowes may nest perthshire podiceps cristatus scotland sports mode
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  4. You wanted cute?

    You wanted cute?

    Does this fit the bill then LOL Spotted this brood all huddled together under the trees, obviously exhausted after the day's exercise. They were a bit distant, so a heavy crop, sorry.
    • delia todd
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    • continuous loch of the lowes mallard ducklings sports mode
    • Comments: 22
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  5. Male Yellowhammer

    Male Yellowhammer

    Aren't his colours stunning! It was a shame that I couldn't get a picture of the male away from the feeders... but you take what you're given!! Well at least I do! TTTW
    • delia todd
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    • 2016 continuous emberiza citrinella fuji finepix hs50 exr loch of the lowes may perthshire scotland sports mode yellowhammer
    • Comments: 22
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  6. Saturday fun......

    Saturday fun......

    ..... or "You can't see me" I had quite a choice of pictures for this woodpecker.... all much the same. They don't make it easy for you sometimes, do they. So I've no idea whether this was a male or female! TTTW
    • delia todd
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    • great spotted woodpecker loch of the lowes saturday fun
    • Comments: 19
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  7. Pheasant chick

    Pheasant chick

    I don't think these can be given quite have the same 'wee cutie' label, as the grouse one, but he still is rather cute don't you think. They're not long learning where spilled food is likely to be, are they. This guy was actually following a male Mallard, LOL. In the feeder area, so TTTW.
    • delia todd
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    • continuous loch of the lowes pheasant chick sports mode
    • Comments: 23
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  8. Yellowhammer

    Yellowhammer

    I think this may be a female, as there was another bird, obviously male. Thoughts? Anyway.... after our rather grousy lunch stop, we headed down to Aberfeldy, then up over the hills again to Loch Tummel (anyone know the Road to the Isles song? http://ingeb.org/songs/throadto.html We took the...
    • delia todd
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    • 2016 continuous emberiza citrinella fuji finepix hs50 exr loch of the lowes may perthshire scotland sports mode yellowhammer
    • Comments: 20
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  9. Saturday fun....

    Saturday fun....

    .... or Goldeneye diving action They always do it to me!!! However, I thought the images made a good sequence showing the diving action. From the centre, work clockwise from the top right. The last one is either the same bird coming up, or his mate surfacing where I thought he was going to...
    • delia todd
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    • continuous goldeneye diving loch of the lowes saturday fun sports mode
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  10. Saturday fun.....

    Saturday fun.....

    ....or I don't know who got the biggest shock!! I saw the perched Great Tit arrive at the feeder and started to take his picture, when suddenly one that was inside burst out!!! It was only going through the couple of earlier images, that I could see a bit of white behind the perspex. I love...
    • delia todd
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    • continuous great tit loch of the lowes saturday fun sports mode
    • Comments: 22
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  11. Another splash of yellow

    Another splash of yellow

    I couldn't leave this folder without showing you another picture of the gorgeous Yellowhammer - I get so few chances of photographing them these days. Not sure if I'll have time to post tomorrow as I'm off on my hols. We're supposed to have internet access there, so hopefully I'll be able to...
    • delia todd
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    • 2016 continuous dunkeld emberiza citrinella february fuji finepix hs50 exr loch of the lowes perthshire scotland sports mode yellowhammer
    • Comments: 36
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  12. Mallards

    Mallards

    Rather a distant view of these two, but I did like the colours both on his head and in the water too. Wasn't sure how to present this, tried a couple of different crops - and hope you think this one has worked.
    • delia todd
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    • continuous loch of the lowes mallard sports mode
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  13. Goldeneye Male

    Goldeneye Male

    Hot on the heels of the female came this male, but he wasn't nearly so kind to me as she was. This was the only picture of got of him completely on the surface - the other ones are more suited to SF!!
    • delia todd
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    • continuous goldeneye male loch of the lowes sports mode
    • Comments: 22
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  14. Goldeneye female

    Goldeneye female

    I took myself off to the single-decker hide to see what was on the loch. There wasn't a lot very close, but this lady swam past giving me good opportunities to photograph her - and I got the best pics of a female ever!!! Doesn't she have a lovely eye and bill colouring?
    • delia todd
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    • continuous female goldeneye loch of the lowes sports mode
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  15. Yellowhammer

    Yellowhammer

    Back in 2013 I promised I would get a better picture of a 'hammer... it's taken a while, hasn't it!! I had a job to decide which of many pictures I took of this beauty to show you though, so there may be another before too long. This was taken around the feeding station area at Loch of the...
    • delia todd
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    • 2016 continuous dunkeld emberiza citrinella february fuji finepix hs50 exr loch of the lowes perthshire scotland sports mode yellowhammer
    • Comments: 25
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  16. Two of my favourites

    Two of my favourites

    The Loch of the Lowes visitor centre has a large viewing window overlooking a feeding station. This was one of the first pictures I got when I sat down... not bad eh? You just have to love them both, don't you. TTTW
    • delia todd
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    • 2016 aegithalos caudatus blue tit continuous cyanistes caeruleus february fuji finepix hs50 exr loch of the lowes long-tailed tit perthshire scotland sports mode
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  17. Weekend View

    Weekend View

    A late February visit to Loch of the Lowes and at last the skies had cleared making for a lovely day. There are two hides, one double-decker and the one i was in which is ground floor. The views from the hides a just lovely.
    • delia todd
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    • continuous landscape loch of the lowes
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Landscapes
  18. Weekend Wildlife

    Weekend Wildlife

    That Red Squirrel I showed you a week or two back made about 3 more visits to the feeders. He was an absolute joy to watch. I just had to show you another picture of him.
    • delia todd
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    • continuous loch of the lowes red squirrel sports mode
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Wild Mammals
  19. Easter Squirrel

    Easter Squirrel

    .... sorry, don't have a bunny picture. This gorgeous Red Squirrel was hiding in the nut feeder at Loch of the Lowes - couldn't believe how sweet this image was when i downloaded it. I do have some nice 'proper' pictures of this guy, which I'll likely share with you another day. TTTW
    • delia todd
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    • continuous loch of the lowes red squirrel sports mode
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Wild Mammals
  20. Mallard

    Mallard

    The last of the birds from that day at Loch of the Lowes. This Mallard came in to clean up the spills on the ground. The light was really beginning to go by this time. TTTW
    • delia todd
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    • continuous loch of the lowes mallard sports mode
    • Comments: 24
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  21. Treecreeper

    Treecreeper

    For those that know me, you'll understand how pleased I was to get this picture!! Seen loads of them over the years, but the previous cameras I had were useless at getting images of these guys... my favourite woodland bird. I finally got a picture about this time last year, but it wasn't worthy...
    • delia todd
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    • 2015 certhia familiaris continuous dunkeld fuji finepix hs50 loch of the lowes october perthshire scotland sports mode treecreeper
    • Comments: 24
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  22. Great Spotted Woodpecker

    Great Spotted Woodpecker

    A Great Spotted Woodpecker paid two brief visits. I couldn't get a picture the first time and on returning he was only a little bit more co-operative. Of several images, this was the only one with the head and eye in clear view!! He was much kinder to me than one I saw yesterday though!!! TTTW
    • delia todd
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    • continuous great spotted woodpecker loch of the lowes sports mode
    • Comments: 26
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  23. White-headed Chaffinch

    White-headed Chaffinch

    ... they have leucistic Chaffinches at Loch of the Lowes too it seems. Just managed to get this one in view - it was the only picture where both of them were sharpish. TTTW It's a lovely day here, so I'm off out. I'll catch up with browsing later on.
    • delia todd
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    • chaffinch continuous leucistic loch of the lowes sports mode
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  24. Weekend View

    Weekend View

    In order to give the binoculars I was interested in a bit of a test, thought I'd better go to one of the hides. Sadly there weren't too many birds in view that day, from memory I think the one we can see in this picture was a Goldeneye. The only other bird I can remember seeing on the water was...
    • delia todd
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    • loch of the lowes weekend view
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Landscapes
  25. Great Tit

    Great Tit

    A handsome male Great Tit was waiting his turn at the Loch of the Lowes feeders. There was such a nice variety of birds there that day. TTTW
    • delia todd
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    • continuous great tit loch of the lowes sports mode
    • Comments: 22
    • Category: Britain & Europe
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