Red Squirrels munching on some free nuts in Carnie Woods, Westhill. There’s a good number of reds in this small wood and as it’s a busy dog walking site they seem quite comfortable with folk watching them. This guy sat eating away quite happily for 10 minutes until a squadron of dogs came bounding round the [...]
Crathes Castle on a cold Autumn day
Autumn trees at Crathes
Crathes Castle
Crathes Pond
Crathes Autumn tree
Yesterday I took the bus to Crathes Castle and had a lovely day traipsing round the woods searching for Red Squirrel. I had a plan too. I knew they regularly appeared at the feeder behind the shops, so [...]
Sycamore seeds waiting to drop
Golden Sycamore leaves
Bzzz
Unidentified orange fly
Coal Tit stashing seeds
Sunset over Mt Keen and Clachnaben
I had a half day at work today so I thought I’d spend the afternoon in the garden, trying to get some pictures that summed up autumn. This was inspired [...]