A gallery of favourite images - click the thumbnails for full size pictures.

One big advantage of digital photography is that you can easily take hundreds of photographs in a single day and then just keep the best of them. Over the past few years I have taken thousands of pictures of birds and animals. Most are quickly discarded and I retain only a small percentage. Of these, a few stand out as images which I particularly like. Here are some of them

(These images are best viewed full screen. Use 'f11' on your keyboard to select full screen and 'f11' again to return to the regular screen.)

click to enlargeBlack-headed gull click to enlargeCommon terns click to enlargeFulmar - defending the ledge
click to enlargeRed squirrel click to enlargeFighting coots click to enlargeFox
click to enlargeHoopoe on alert click to enlargeFlight of Bar-tailed godwits click to enlargeNorthern wheatear
click to enlargeWary water rail click to enlargeKnot with Godwit click to enlargeChaffinch
click to enlargeGoldcrest eating aphids click to enlargeSedge warbler click to enlargeShort-eared owl
click to enlargeLittle grebe - the getaway click to enlargeGreenfinch feeding on rosehips click to enlargeSiskin feeding
click to enlargeShort-eared owl (2) click to enlargeSquabbling gulls click to enlargeSquabbling gulls (2)
click to enlargeA well fed kestrel click to enlargeLittle owl click to enlargeWillow warbler
click to enlargeLittle egret click to enlargeLittle grebe click to enlargeLong-tailed tit
click to enlargeTreecreeper click to enlargeRed Squirrel (2) click to enlargeMarsh Harrier
click to enlargeTern feeding young click to enlargeRed deer on a Scottish hillside click to enlargeSwan chase
click to enlargeWinter redpoll click to enlargeFox (2) click to enlargeRaven's domain