Last year on a trip to Scotland with friends, the bird life and beautiful magic of Scotland, Wales and Lake District was a treat for us. As a beginner in this new hobby of photography with my humble Nikon 42 X zoom camera, I tried to get the best that nature had to offer.
The attempt started of at Land's End to John O' Groats (Scotland's Northern most point) The first bird I saw was a "Shag". I thought it looked more like a "Comorant". In my limited experience of birds if they are "relatively" inland or in reservoirs (as in the English Midlands) for instance, then they are usually Cormorants. Shags - around the UK seem to stick to the coasts and islands .
The Shag that we saw stood still in the strong chilly wind and didn't even move when we tried to get a closer picture of it...a very good and patient subject indeed :)
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| Shag |
UK and regional postal issues of Jersey and Gibraltar have some wonderful stamps depicting the Shag in its environment along the coast .
Another bird which caught my eye was the "Oyster Catcher" which tip toed gently along the seaweed to find small shellfish and oysters .
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| Oyster Catchers |
The drive along the coast was a memorable one and as we left John O' Groats we spotted something mysterious in the water .... a "Grey Seal", but it was just for 6 - 7 seconds and it dived away in the chilly northern waters.
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| Grey Seal |
Cheers
Julian
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