2nd Quarter of the year

[Ross Forsyth]

Hi folks,so with the year half way through already I thought I`d post some images from my 2nd quarter of the year,except this time not confined just to the local park,but all within Scotland and still mostly in Edinburgh.
Things quietened considerably at the local park due to the heavy rainfall we had which resulted in the river rising and bursting its banks towards the end of May! It couldn`t have happened at a worse time with Kingfisher nests being destroyed aswell as the local fox dens being flooded out at just
the wrong time resulting in no cubs at either of the 2 dens I have watched the last couple of years sadly.
Anyway others have still managed to thrive so on we go.

1/Treecreeper head on Edinburgh


2/Red Squirrel,Aberdeenshire


3/Female Sparrowhawk,Aberdeenshire


4/Buzzard,Aberdeenshire


5/Kingfisher when we still expected to be seeing youngsters within a few days,Edinburgh


6/Black Grouse dukin it out,Angus


7/Male Osprey with his catch,Angus


8/Ducklings chasing flies,Edinburgh


9/Our 2 local female otters were showing well at the beginning of May,hoping it looks like 1 of them should be having pups anytime,Edinburgh


10/Preparing for Jungle warfare,Edinburgh


11/Having a shake on the run on the weir,Edinburgh


12/Strike a pose,Edinburgh


13/4 Moorhen chicks who successfully fledged from the nest,Edinburgh


14/Dipper,Edinburgh


15/Female Blackcap,Edinburgh


16/Goosander chicks waking up after a short nap on 1 of their favourite rocks in the river,Edinburgh


17/1 of the Vixens I checked on but no cubs,Edinburgh


18/Heron having a wee shake,Edinburgh


19/June Started really slow for me,was really struggling for my mojo after realising we had lost any chance of Fox Cubs and KF`s but finally headed out just for a walk and caught this guy making most of the out of bounds marker on the local golf course,Roe Buck,Edinburgh


20/Bee busy at work,Edinburgh


21/Marmalade Hoverfly,Edinburgh


22/A new vixen for me but again sadly no cubs around,Edinburgh


23/Fledged Kestrel Chicks,not all was lost when i went to check another den site when I caught sight of 4 newly fledged Kestrel chicks which allowed some great photo opportunities,Edinburgh


24/Still got a bit of down on this 1 but man it was feisty when the male dropped off a freshly caught Swallow and it grabbed it! Edinburgh


25/Kestrel,Edinburgh


26/And to finish the first half of the year some of these guys,Edinburgh


27/Badger,Edinburgh


28/Badger,Edinburgh


Thanks for looking and if you managed to keep viewing all the way down then thank you.

Cheers
Ross

[Nighthawke]

Ross, these are simply some of the best wildlife photographs I have seen. Despite the terrible situation with flooding there is still a lot to see.

Many thanks for posting and keep up the good work. Looking forward to Q3 post already!

[Ross Forsyth]

Ross, these are simply some of the best wildlife photographs I have seen. Despite the terrible situation with flooding there is still a lot to see.

Many thanks for posting and keep up the good work. Looking forward to Q3 post already!

Thanks very much,yeah still a lot happening just needed a wee refocus moment and got going again,lets indeed see what the next 3 months brings

[daggerfan]

A superb set of photographs there Ross. Every one a gem. The pic of the Goosander chicks is just lovely, and the Osprey is nicely caught, looking over its wing. I like Ospreys! I'm told there are eight birds regularly fishing on our local River Lossie.

[Ross Forsyth]

A superb set of photographs there Ross. Every one a gem. The pic of the Goosander chicks is just lovely, and the Osprey is nicely caught, looking over its wing. I like Ospreys! I'm told there are eight birds regularly fishing on our local River Lossie.

Thanks man,and yep spent some time up photographing the Ospreys on the Lossie couple of summers ago with some success,definitely a nice way to spend afternoon watching them work their way down the river towards the town on the hunt

[Neptune-8]

Wonderful wildlife shots there. I know just how much patience and dedication it takes to get cracking shots like that - or indeed, any shots of those subjects. The Roe Buck and Ducklings are the outstanders for me. Well done.

[SW Sky Blue]

Lovely stuff

[reheat module]

Superb selection, all excellent - the Goosander chicks is 'Bookworthy!'

[Amp]

Not sure why I missed this post before, but very grateful to have caught it tonight. Beautiful photographs. Congratulations Ross.

[MR TERRY GREEN]

One talented photographer .Great subjects well done and thanks.

[ridgmeister]

An incredible set of images, a joy to look at!

[steamy]

amazing pictures!

[Martin T]

Only just come across these, a fantastic set of shots Ross, thanks for sharing