Cormorant surfacing with a fish snack. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature

Peregrine with Prey. Urban peregrin falcon bringing food back to base. I liked this one because it flew in directly overhead so gave a slightly different perspective on what I normally see from the sidelines. #birds #birdofprey #birdphotography #wildlife #nature

Kingfisher at the local river on the way to its next hunting perch. #birds #birding #birdphotography #kingfisher

Cormorant that's just surfaced with a tiny fish in its beak #birds #birding #waterbirds

Puffin Partners (30 second Clip) #birds #puffins #birding #birdsvideo

Great Skua as it was patrolling the cliffs around a seabird colony looking for a meal. #birds #birdphotography #flight #wings

Juvenile Pergrine Falcon. Just one bird fledged this year at my local location. Better than none however. Its been a poor year for pergrines hatching/fledging in the UK with failures at a number of well-established locations. #birds #birdphotography #bif #birdsofprey #raptors

Swallow feeding its offspring on the wing. I've watched swallows year in year out but never seen this before. #birds #birdphotography #feeding #wildlife #nature

Puffin, backlit in the sunset, as it flies in with some sand eels for its young. #birds #birdphotography #puffin #wildlife #nature

Inqusitive Puffin #birds #birdphotography #puffin #birdportraits

Heron at the local river catching a bit of sunlight although I'm sure they would rather be catching a fish 🙂 #birds #birdphotography #waterbirds

Peregrine Falcon does a wing tuck on the way back to its urban roost. Not quite a full-on 200mph stoop. I find those a lot harder to capture although done it once or twice in past couple of years 😆 #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #falcon #bif

Moorhen chick throwing a bit of a pose 😉 Making the best of it considering these little things start out in life looking like mini dinosaurs. Maybe its an protection thing as an outcome of natural evolution? #birds #birdphotography #chick #posing

Dipper with a collection of river grubs and insects in its beak just about ready for the next round of feeding its young . #birds #birdphotography #dipper #river #wildlife

At a glance, this peregrine looks like it could have come through the window. Its actually just taking off from the window ledge below. The window has been broken for ages. #birds #birdphotography

I saw these every morning on a recent trip to Scotland whilst on my morning walk down a path to a bird hide. I'd forget they were there and suddenly they were; appearing from nowhere. #hare #wildlifephotos #naturephotos #mammals

Male Hen Harrier - Probably my favourite bird of prey. Sadly one of the most persecuted birds in the UK. Photographed early morning whilst safely tucked away in a hide. #birds #birphotography #henharrier #wildlife

Dipper collecting insects and grubs. #birds #birdphotography #dipper #river

Juvenile Peregrine Falcon eating its first meal of the day. Filmed from camouflaged cover at a respectful distance using 1840mm focal length and then cropped in by about 50% in post edit. #birds #birdvideo #birdofprey #wildlife #nature

Portrait of a wild pony seen as I was walking the hills on the Isle of South Uist, Scotland. I dont know if this is a Shetland but it was about the same size. #horses #pony #scotland #outerhebrides #portraits

House Martin with a beak full of mud in the course of doing some nest maintenance. We are in the middle of a dry spell here so putting water down in their usual mud holes so they can keep their nests in good order. #birds #birdphotography #housemartin #bif

Follow the food...Juvenile Peregrine getting flight practise. The parent will carry the prey and the juvenile has to follow. I keep well back from their nest/roost and (with the help of an 800mm lens) they'll fly plenty close enough for some nice shots without disturbance. #birds #birdphotography

Hen Harrier hunting low over the moor. Taken from a hide so able to see this beautiful bird of prey at close quarters #birds #birdphotography #harrier #hunting #bif

Hen Harrier over a loch by the moorlands busying herself with some nest maintenance. #birds #birdphotography #henharrier #wildlife #bif

Dipper making a splash down in the local river #birds #birdphotography #splash #wildlife

After the juvenile peregrine falcon yesterday; one of the parents. #birds #birdphotography #falcon #wildlife #birdofprey

Juvenile peregrine falcon. I was glad to see this one again after it fledged about a week ago and then I didnt see it for a couple of days. I dont know how many chicks the parents had, to begin with, but only this one has fledged. #birds #birdphotography #falcon #birdofprey #wildlife

Great to be sat in a hide early one morning and see this male Hen Harrier gliding down the moor, on the hunt. It was in the middle of May so probably feeding a female on the nest. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature

Urban peregrine falcon on the turn chasing something and still has time to give us the 'evil glare'. This bird has really prominent and dark bulging eyes and always looks angry anytime it looks at you. #bif #birds #birdphotography #eyes #wildlife

Puffin on the way up from the sea to its cliff top ledge. Exposing for the whites results in a nice dark background making it look like its emerging from darkness. #birds #birdphotography #puffin #wildlife #darkness

Female Hen Harrier carrying some material for nest building or repairs. Taken from a designated area, at long distance, on the RSPB Loch Druidbeg reserve where an 800mm lens comes in handy. #birds #birdphotography #bif #birdofprey #wildlife #nature

Great Crested Grebe with chicks on board. One of them venturing out from beneath its parent's wings. #birds #birdphotography #chicks #grebe

Male Hen Harrier out hunting his local moorlands first thing in the morning. Probably has one or more active nests where mate(s) and maybe young need feeding. #henharrier #birds #birdphotography #bif #birdofprey

Oystercatchers doing a 'me and my shadow' routine 😉 #birds #birdphotography #oystercatcher #wildlife

Gannet flying up towards its cliff ledge where it will share a tiny space with its mate and rear young - all of this alongside hundreds of other cliff nesting/breeding birds. #gannet #birds #flight #wildlife #nature

Peregrine Food Pass. An early form of in-flight refuelling 🙃 The female peregrine catching a piece of prey that the male has just dropped to her. #birds #birdphotography #peregrinefalcon #prey #foodpass

Had a pleasant morning tucked away in a wildlife trust hide this week watching a pair of marsh harriers. Here's one diving towards something in the reeds that's taken his interest. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #harrier

A juvenile peregrine falcon on its first flight - just fledged from the nest. It's an urban peregrine so first few days are always a nervous time with so many dangers lurking. We have the means to rescue them should they get into difficulties. #birds #birdphotography #wildlife #nature #fledging

House Martin with some mud in its beak, that it just collected from the nearest water pool, and now making its way back to the nest for a spot of maintenance. #birds #birdphotography #flight #wildlife #nature

Urban peregrine falcon with chick. This is from a couple of years ago when I last saw they'd had chicks. Hopefully we have a successful year this time around. #birds #birdphotography #peregrine #chick #easter

Eurasian Hobby - snacking on the wing. Its amazing to watch them do this. #birds #bifs #hobby #wildlife #nature

Eurasian Hobby doing a bit of cool flying. They are so agile; catching insects mid-air and eating them on the wing. #birds #birdphotography #bif #flight #wildlife #nature

Cuckoo and a Meadow Pipit harassing it, pecking its tail feathers. Left to their own devices, cuckoos will lay an egg in the nest of Meadow Pipits. On hatching the chick will push the pipit eggs, or chicks, out of the nest leaving the pipit with a cuckoo to rear. #birds #birdphotography #nature

This hare has seen me standing at the side of the road that runs adjacent to farm fields and decides to stay perfectly still. So it was a quick photo, move on and leave it in peace to carry on munching on the grass. #hare #wildlife #nature #bigears #wildlifephotography

Peregrine Falcon with Prey (Scraps) They're mating and she's laying at the moment. This is the male who's doing a lot of flying around, showing off his food gathering skills to the female. #birds #birdphotography #peregrine #prey #flight

Resident Urban Peregrine Falcon diving from the top of a tower in pursuit of crows that are flying too close to the peregrine's home territory. #birds # birdphotography #birdsofprey #wildlife #nature

Urban Peregrine falcon sitting on the top ledge of the building that's been home to them for a few years now. It's watching for potential prey. #birds #birdphotography #falcons #wildlfie #nature

Great Crested Grebes. Not quite the mating dance today but one pair did face up and chatter a few times - maybe I'll see it tomorrow #birds #birdphotography #waterbirds #wildlife #nature

Reed Bunting perched on barbed wire #birds #nature #wildlife #birdphotography

Barn Owl hovering, like the silent hunter it is, over potential prey #birds #owls #wildlife #nature #hunting