AS YOU CAN TELL, A VERY IMPRESSED LOOKING (SUMMER) MOUNTAIN HARE... IN PURPLE BELL HEATHER

Summer Mountain Hare in purple bell heather - Nikon D800. Highlands, Scotland.

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A lovely Red Squirrel...

Red Squirrel - Highland, Scotland. • Nikon D800, 70-400mm zoom lens.

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A great day photographing Red Squirrels at Neil McIntyre's site

Yes... more squirrels! :)

Me and a friend Wendy, spent the morning photographing Red Squirrels at Neil's site in Aviemore, and not long after we arrived the first squirrel appeared. 

The squirrel posed lovely in quite a few different spots for us and stayed for a while giving us a good amount of time to photograph. She was exceedingly cute and a rather cheeky character and sure demands her food lol.

It was quite hard choosing with taking so many images on the day, but here are some of the images...

It was a great morning out, enjoyed by both me and Wendy (she has posted some of her photo's on Twitter, you can find her at - @benjiandblossom) and thanks again to Neil :)

(Neil also offers other workshops and tours - www.neilmcintyre.com)

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After Neil's, we headed off up to the Cairngorm Mountain so see what wildlife was around. I was hoping for some Snow Buntings as every time I go they never seem to be around, but we were lucky and saw a group of about 10-15 of them. We were attempting to photograph them but they would not stay still, so unfortunately only a record shot. 

We headed to the Rothiemurchus Visitor Centre for some lunch after this then to a few more wildlife spots. - Overall a great day out!

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A great day up the Mountain for Mountain Hares & a bit of unexpected news!

With the weather not looking too bad I decided to head up the mountain looking for Mountain Hares. I was hoping for a bit of snow to be there and luckily enough there was snow! 

It didn't take me too long to spot a few hares about, some were moving away and luckily enough the guy below was quite comfy with my presence and posed rather nicely for about an hour.

The sun kept popping in and out with a slight bit of snow falling that added a nice bit of atmosphere to the image below.

There's something about the Mountain Hare and it's amazing how they survive such different weather conditions and also how they change in colour to camouflage well in the different seasons.

I'll be back photographing these guys in a few weeks and it will be interesting to see any changes in them and there environment.

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Eve :)

PS: Had some rather unexpected news on Friday from Outdoor Photography magazine and found out that I won there 'Winter Wildlife' photography competition. It certainly did put a smile on my face and was a nice start to the weekend! The image that won was the top image in this blog post, which was a favourite of mine from the day.

Camera and equipment used on the day: Nikon D800, taken with a 70-300mm zoom lens and a bean bag used.

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A lovely Red Squirrel from the weekend #Highland

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Red Rocks on the weekend

On Saturday morning just after 8am I decided to quickly drive to the Red Rocks before meeting up with a friend at Sweet Pea Cafe. 

The light was particularly nice and I thought I could get a few nice shots as the colours in the sky were good. When I arrived, it was extremely windy and quite hard staying still to take photo's... I only spent a quick 10mins photographing as I didn't have much time left before meeting my friend.  By the end of this quick 10mins I couldn't feel my hands and that was even with wearing gloves! so I couldn't get back in the car quick enough to put the warmth on so I could feel them again!

Here are a few of the shots... the first one particularly is my favourite with the sunrise reflecting onto the green.

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