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Scottish Boarders - 19.05.23 -21.05.23

I'm heading out on another trip in two days time so this will be a short blog post, in the mean time here's some text and a few images which will add too when time permits. 

No sooner than I'm home I'm back on the road again this time up to the Scottish Boarders for a few days to photograph a variety of species both at night time and during the day. First up it's a couple of hours with an otter that's making a regular appearance near a river, it dosen't spend long but long enough hopefully to get some images.

Otter

Whinchat - male 

Now the following day I'm up on the moors specifically to concentrate on Stonechat and Wheatear may be even a Whinchat a summer migrant to the UK, and a big plus I'm going to remain in the mobile hide (car) which also saves all the walking about.

During the visit the male and female both put in an appearance.

Stonechat - female

This female was in the process of rejecting an unwanted food pellet.

Stonechat - male

Stonechat - fledglings

Nice to see these recently fledged Stonechat chasing the parent birds begging for food, posed nicely for this shot.

Wheatear - male

I didn't expect to see this male Wheatear which poped up on a post, having said that I had another on a wall further down the track.

Badger

It's my final day or in this case my final evening so its a couple of hours with some badgers, nothing new at this location as I've been here several times before but it's always great just to watch and connect with nature.

This particular animal was a lot smaller than the others, I guess could be last years offspring.

Most of the time the badgers were nose down, not so good when your trying to get a shot !