A few photos from our week in the Cairngorms (Mainly Pine Martens!!)

 We had a week up in the Cairngorms last week staying not far from Aviemore, here's some wildlife photos from the week, as it says in the title, mainly Pine Martens. 😄

Blackbird from our Lodge window,

Red Legged Partridge and

Red Kite in Findhorn Valley.

More from the Lodge, we were inundated with Coal Tits and

two or three different Pine Martens visited every night while we were there...

Dippers on the River Nethy at Nethy Bridge.

Back at the Lodge, Great Spotted Woodpecker were regular visitors.

More Pine Marten.

Certainly a room with a view!

Told you it was mainly Pine Marten!

Loch Leven and the Whoopers are Back!

 Another bit of a round up post, we haven't ventured far recently after Tina's knee op, so here's some more local stuff....

So I'll start with the return of the Whooper Swans at Loch Leven, these were seen from Findatie;

There were also at least 8 Little Grebes, now in winter plumage;

In addition to the return of the Whooper Swans, the Pink-footed Geese are up to about 7000 now (according to the RSPB) here's a few of them;

Not to be outdone, there were a large number of Canada Geese on the Loch, congregating over at Burliegh Sands;

along with the hundreds if not thousands of Mute Swans.

A few bits from the last two months!

 For various reasons I haven't posted for a while, so here's a few photos from the last two months......

Grey Wagtail and Heron on the River Tweed at Peebles,

Heron at Loch Leven,

Oystercatcher at Kinghorn,

Butterflies at Kinghorn,

Yellowhammer and Heron at Kilminning NR,

Pied Wagtail, Gannet and Wheatears at Fife Ness.

TTFN.