Went for our usual Sunday morning stroll up the glen, as per normal I walk halve the distance of the wife as I just stop & photograph everything. As every Sunday is, the single track road was busy with it being a fairly decent day people were going to the far end to climb the two local Munro’s, though we did wave to Christine our local retired district nurse & I had a long chat with our semi retired gamekeeper, so a couple of friendly faces.
So below a few shots from the walk, why is it that butterflies tend to give me a hard time, I just manage to focus in on them, in a spot with no real obstructions in front of them , such as grass & they fly off to somewhere totally impossible to get a shot of them. I suppose I need to hone my skills of being patient ‘
A Ringlet butterfly (of which there are hundreds on the moors at the moment) actually settling on a thistle , with no obstructions in front of it & allowing me to get one decent shot of it.
A Hover Fly just sitting there posing for me, why cannot butterflies do the same.
It got even better than the above shot, as while I was looking around I noticed this thistle had three insects on it. Got the Hover Fly & the insect in front (do not expect me to name it) nice and easy to see but the back insect you notice the antennae first, then you can just about make the shape out.
Could the cows & calves ask for a better view than this, seems fine on a fairly sunny warm day like today , but imagine the wind howling across here & an added bonus of snow and maybe not so nice.
A calf with attitude, no way was it going to be out starred by me, such a cracking looking beast and though this shot does not do it justice, it has a real sheen to it’s coat.
Another beautiful cow standing so patiently allowing it’s calf to have a drink. I wanted one of the many calves to drink from this side of the cows, but not sure if it was because they were aware that I was was this side and they felt vulnerable, none of them did.
This bond was adorable between the two of them, mum licking the calf’s face and the baby just so enjoying it shutting it’s eyes with contentment. Annoys me that that piece of grass is near the calf’s nose, but I couldn’t really ask them to eat it & pose again, could I?
Same pair, with the calf just saying “you missed a bit just there mum”.
A closer look at the cow’s view, Blair Castle bottom left, the A9 snaking through the middle of the shot, House of Bruar top right & of course the hills beyond, which uo until two weeks ago still had a few patches of snow on.