Oh Sheps that is a lovely picture - the colours are so sharp. We have one that roams between gardens and fields here and always gives me a fright when it pops up with it surprise call - you can hear it from quite a distance. Last year he had a lady friend but we haven't seen her so far this year.
I'm very fond of pheasants too - couldn't eat a whole one....
We had some quite tame ones at the last house. The neighbour across the road fed them regularly, and they nested in his garden. They visited us frequently - the females sometimes sat on the window ledges and pecked on the windows.
Plenty around yesterday in Glen Lyon, but I didn't take any photos. Cloud and fog right down to about 1500 feet almost everywhere, until later in the day, so it was a murky day for walking. It meant there were some good 'sky' pix, although ti was very much a 'monochrome' day
Lots of frogs in the puddles on the approach track, and in the trenches and pools alongside
Cam Chreag's corries and crags at the north end of the summit ridge were hanging onto clag, and Loch Rannoch was hard to see
The sleet and wind made it awkward to get photos at all, but the clag lifted for a few moments to allow a view of Stuchd an Lochain - one of my favourite hills, and the alternative walk for yesterday.
A few minutes later it was shrouded in cloud and fog again as the sky closed in. A bit of distant light through in Glen Lochay to the south. The snowy tops of the the two Munros there are just about visible
Little pools at lower levels are still partially frozen. The heather and wispy grasses on the edge were reflected in the surface
The sky started to clear on the way back down the glen, with a rainbow appearing too
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Stunning Peter.
Whereabouts is the centre? I've never been.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
near Livingston Dobbies lol
http://www.scottishowlcentre.com/
Ah - not really that far away from me then.
I think my girls would have liked that when they were younger, not likely now though!
I see it's relatively new. Lovely place for youngsters to visit.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thanks scroggin
An excellent image, Peter...Great Grey Owls are such amazing birds, it must have been a real thrill to be close to one.
Sheps...
Another shot from a few years ago, a calling Pheasant, this chap just popped up out of nowhere and gave me a fright
Great pictures everyone.
Sheps...
Oh Sheps that is a lovely picture - the colours are so sharp. We have one that roams between gardens and fields here and always gives me a fright when it pops up with it surprise call - you can hear it from quite a distance. Last year he had a lady friend but we haven't seen her so far this year.
Thanks very much, GD...yes, their call is very loud and even more so when you startle one
I'm a big fan of the Pheasant, they are very photogenic with those iridescent colours on the neck and breast.
They are one of the more "showy" birds we have in the UK and are often overlooked being such a common species.
Sheps...
Gorgeous photo Sheps - as always
I'm very fond of pheasants too - couldn't eat a whole one....
We had some quite tame ones at the last house. The neighbour across the road fed them regularly, and they nested in his garden. They visited us frequently - the females sometimes sat on the window ledges and pecked on the windows.
Plenty around yesterday in Glen Lyon, but I didn't take any photos. Cloud and fog right down to about 1500 feet almost everywhere, until later in the day, so it was a murky day for walking. It meant there were some good 'sky' pix, although ti was very much a 'monochrome' day
Lots of frogs in the puddles on the approach track, and in the trenches and pools alongside
Cam Chreag's corries and crags at the north end of the summit ridge were hanging onto clag, and Loch Rannoch was hard to see
The sleet and wind made it awkward to get photos at all, but the clag lifted for a few moments to allow a view of Stuchd an Lochain - one of my favourite hills, and the alternative walk for yesterday.
A few minutes later it was shrouded in cloud and fog again as the sky closed in. A bit of distant light through in Glen Lochay to the south. The snowy tops of the the two Munros there are just about visible
Little pools at lower levels are still partially frozen. The heather and wispy grasses on the edge were reflected in the surface
The sky started to clear on the way back down the glen, with a rainbow appearing too
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...