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A rare moment to capture, here a pair of woodpeckers, the parent feeding one of this year's youngsters. The woodpeckers are regulars at Four Oaks and are often seen on the nut feeders, but usually only one at a time.
#garden #birdfeeder #birds #woodpecker #woodpeckers #wildlifephotography #Photography #fuji_xseries #nature #Oban #Argyll #Scotland #VisitScotland #ScotlandIsCalling #bedandbreakfast #fouroaks
Evening sun through the trees here at Four Oaks.
#trees #winter #starburst #goldensun #rural #landscape #nature #fuji_xseries #Oban #Argyll #Scotland #bedandbreakfast #fouroaks
One of three baby jays that have started visiting our bird feeder this summer.
#jay #corvid #naturephotography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlifescotland #bird #birds #birdwatching #rural #garden #wildlife #nature #fuji_xseries #Oban #Argyll #Scotland #bedandbreakfast #fouroaks
Gentleman in the snow, well preserved detail on a gravestone in Berwickshire. The symbols either side of him could be flames, a representation of eternal life. Lower down can be seen an hourglass on its side, time is running out, a classic mortality symbol.
#MementoMori #MementoMoriMonday #InMemoriam #mortality #grave #gravestone #snow #weathered #Taphophile #blackandwhite #Photography #fuji_xseries #Berwickshire #Scotland
Remains of an old tractor, likely a Fergusson, at The Little Horse Shoe, a bay on Kerrera island, Argyll.
#tractor #tractorlove #abandoned #blackandwhite #CaptureOne #CaptureOnePro #Photography #fuji_xseries #Kerrera #Argyll #Scotland
Bleak trees, island of Kerrera, Argyll, Scotland.
#trees #TreesOfMastodon #bleak #shadow #lowkey #lowkeyphotography #blackandwhite #CaptureOne #CaptureOnePro #Photography #minimalism #fuji_xseries #Kerrera #Argyll #Scotland
Gravestone with portrait of a figure in a bonnet, 1751, Foulden Parish Church, Berwickshire.
Here lyes the body of
Helen Cleghorn daughter
to John Cleghorn who died
21st September 1751 aged 31
#MementoMori #MementoMoriMonday #InMemoriam #mortality #grave #gravestone #weathered #Taphophile #blackandwhite #Photography #fuji_xseries #Berwickshire #Scotland
Mini-murmuration of starlings, seen while walking on the old town walls at Berwick upon Tweed.
https://youtu.be/NGHWM0smyi8
#starlings #murmuration #birds #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #nature #BirdPhotography #naturephotography #wildlife #flying #birdsinflight #fuji_xseries
This old gravestone gives us two fundamental types of symbol, the upper figure is a winged soul as a symbol of immortality while the lower representation of a skull and crossed bones is a symbol of mortality. Year unknown but could be 18th Century.
#MementoMori #MementoMoriMonday #InMemoriam #mortality #immortality #grave #gravestone #lichen #symbols #skull #crossbones #crossedbones #Taphophile #blackandwhite #Photography #fuji_xseries #Scotland
Snow didn't stop our usual pheasant from completing his rounds, here he is after checking the first feeder, now striding off to check at the back of the house. The low winter sun helped to reveal his amazing colours.
#BirdsOfMastodon #bird #pheasant #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlifescotland #PhotoMonday #fuji_xseries #garden #winter #snow #Argyll #Scotland
This hooded crow, corvus cornix, is another regular. He approaches with caution, often settling on a fence post to check things out. He may then hop onto the grass below the bird feeders or he may take to the sky and be away in a moment.
#BirdsOfMastodon #bird #corvid #crowsofmastodon #crow #hoodedcrow #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlifescotland #fuji_xseries #garden #Argyll #Scotland
Pheasants are perhaps our brightest coloured birds here at Four Oaks and are regular visitors to our garden. This male pheasant was one of two that came by today to clear up seeds dropped from the feeders by smaller birds. They are very fast flyers when they want but nearly always walk in & out, they'll go through or under the fence rather than over.
#birds #bird #pheasant #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlifescotland #fuji_xseries #garden #Argyll #Scotland
The birlinn is a type of boat used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages. This one is carved on a gravestone at Kilbride church, Lerags, Argyll. At the top of the mast there looks to be a beacon or torch. A lit torch represents life, immortality and the everlasting life.
#birlinn #symbolism #MementoMori #MementoMoriMonday #InMemoriam #grave #graveyard #Taphophile #blackandwhite #Photography #fuji_xseries #Kilbride #Lerags #Argyll #Scotland
This old gravestone has been covered with so many lichens that it's almost white. The shape of the stone gives a clue to age (I'm not going to hazard a guess) but it's no longer possible to read the inscription. Kilbride church, Lerags, Argyll.
#lichen #MementoMori #InMemoriam #grave #graveyard #Taphophile #blackandwhite #Photography #fuji_xseries #Kilbride #Lerags #Argyll #Scotland
Snowy morning in George Square in Glasgow
“Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”. Agnus Dei carving on cross at Kilbrides church, Lerags. I think this lichen covered sheep looks very bonny.
#AgnusDei #MementoMori #InMemoriam #grave #graveyard #Taphophile #blackandwhite #Photography #fuji_xseries #Kilbride #Lerags #Argyll #Scotland
Finally on #FarawayFriday, back to Carcassonne done in a @darkedinburgh style
"To see a candle's light one must take it into a dark place."
- Ursula K. Le Guin
The end of fall beauty in my yard and neighborhood. #photography #fuji_xseries
And finally on #farawayfriday, you can't beat a night by the water in Copenhagen
The jays usually stay up in the cover of trees but sometimes they are tempted down to our feeder and we are treated to a brief glimpse. The jay (garrulus glandarius) is one of the most colourful of the corvids (crow family) with its distinctive blue feathers, they like acorns so are at home here amongst our oak trees.
#birds #bird #jay #corvid #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlifescotland #fuji_xseries #garden #Argyll #Scotland
For #FarawayFriday - Mdina in Malta. For someone who loves night photography, it's up there with the best.
"The importance of an artist is to be measured by the quantity of new signs which he has introduced to the language of art."
- Henri Matisse
Above the Thames. Anyone remember the Thames TV Ident?
"Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray."
- Lord Byron
A woodpecker is always a delight to see. This greater spotted woodpecker (dendrocopos major) looks to be a female and is one of our regulars but is hard to spot in the trees, the little patch of red helps.
#birds #bird #woodpecker #Greatspottedwoodpecker #trees #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlifescotland #fuji_xseries #garden #Argyll #Scotland
In Pollok Country Park, Glasgow
Looking towards the Gherkin in London
#photography #london #street #streetphotography #fujix100s #fuji_xseries
"It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow."
- Robert H. Goddard
Brydges Place is London's narrowest street.
#photography #london #streetphotograghy #fuji_xseries #fujix100s
One of my favourite visitors is the pied wagtail (Motacilla alba), these birds are comfortable coming very close and spend a lot of time in the summer hunting insects on our deck. I miss them over the winter and look forward to their return.
#birds #bird #wagtail #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlifescotland #fuji_xseries #garden #Argyll #Scotland
Another of our small visitors, this little dash of colour is a yellowhammer (emberiza citrinella), here perched on a fence wire near our bird feeder.
#birds #bird #yellowhammer #nature #naturephotography #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlifescotland #fuji_xseries #garden #Argyll #Scotland
