Tuesday 29 December 2009

Adverse weather conditions

We've got snow. Lots of snow:

Snow on the hills

That was the track up to Polouriscaig this morning. I'd gone up in search of deer (much as I wanted to drive down the Strath and look for stags, I doubt my car would have made it up the drive!), but half way up the hill more snow clouds started rolling in and I had to turn back. I saw a fox, but didn't get my camera to my eye before it had legged it, so the only life I managed to capture on film was a rather chilly sheep:

Chilly sheep

I retreated to the garden and shot birds instead. My little robin is looking considerably less tatty:

Robin

Though he's somewhat put out by the presence of another two robins in the garden - they were having a bust-up on the shed roof when I got there, but they're so quick I couldn't catch it. He was eyeing up the feeders:

Robin

Now, I've always read that robins won't eat from bird feeders, they'll only eat off the ground. My robins obviously haven't read that book:

Robin

Robin

It's been a bumper day for chaffinches as well, I counted 12 at one point:

Chaffinch

And the trusty RSPB bird identifier tells me this is a dunnock:

Dunnock

Something that looked remarkably like a blue tit landed on the shed roof at one point, but didn't stay long enough for me to get a proper look at it. It'll be the first one I've seen here if it was, so I shall keep my eyes peeled.

More snow due over the next couple of days, so more garden bird photos on their way, possibly!

3 comments:

LG said...

Lovely and cold. Love the photos. I'm here in sunny summery South Africa. Keep well

LG

LG said...

Lovely and cold. Love the photos. I'm here in sunny summery South Africa. Keep well

LG

Scotsman said...

Some fantastic photos there I might be inspired to make some time for some bird photography myself. I do miss working in Scotland with all the birds around but when I did I could help but think I did all the work and the Robins and Blackbirds got all the rewards.