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July 21, 2017July 25, 2017

The Carpathians

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June 15, 2017June 15, 2017

The Isle of May

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May 19, 2017May 19, 2017

The Robin Family

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April 11, 2017

Dancing Grebes

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March 19, 2017

A Lucky Encounter

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March 4, 2017March 4, 2017

Mountain Hares

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February 12, 2017February 12, 2017

Orkney

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January 23, 2017January 29, 2017

Monterey Bay

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January 7, 2017

Wintering Waxwings

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A puffin flies by on an unusually bright almost cloudless day at the isle of May 😎 - - - https://thewildlifejournals.com/2017/06/15/the-isle-of-may/ - - - #puffin #flyby #puffins #birds #seabird #birdsofinstagram #isleofmay #nnr #firthofforth #scottishnaturalheritage #scotland #summer #island #conservation #earthcapture #conservationoptimism #clearsky #rspb #rspb_love_nature #wild #wildlife #naturelovers #nature #photography #photooftheday #blogger #followme This coming weekend I was meant to be visiting the bass rock, the largest Northern Gannet colony in the world, home to 150,000 of these blue eyed beautiful seabirds for Septembers blog post. Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances the trip has been cancelled and it doesn't look like I will be able to step foot on the island until next year now. However where one door closes another opens and our thoughts have already turned to other species we can photograph and write about closer to home. In the meantime, here is a shot I took this time last year at Troup Head of an adult sitting at its nest with it's close to fledging chick just out of sight behind the curve of the grassy cliff edge. - - - https://thewildlifejournals.com/2016/09/21/rspb-troup-head/ - - - #gannet #northerngannet #trouphead #seabird #chick #scotland #northeast #blueeyes #wild #wildlife #nature #naturelovers #birdsofinstagram #photography #conservation #birds #conservationoptimism #earthcapture #followme #photooftheday #photographer #rspb #rspb_love_nature A young Goanna clings to a 'Scribbly Gum' in our campsite on Fraser Island. The distinctive scribbles are made by scribbly gum moths. The Larvae of this moth burrow into various Eucalyptus tree species across Australia for safety creating these scribbles on the bark as they do so. - - - https://thewildlifejournals.com/2016/08/02/fraser-island/ - - - #Goanna #Moth #gumtree #scribblygum #larvae #fraser #fraserisland #qld #queensland #australia #aus #wildlife #nature #naturelovers #photography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #lizard #earthcapture #reptile #followme #photooftheday #conservation #conservationoptimism #thisisqueensland #exploretnq The penguin of the north. This Guillemot will very likely be out at sea furiously feeding itself and its jumpling all the sand eels it can get its beak around now that the seabird breeding season has finished (unless your a Gannet or a Fulmar that is). With dwindling populations of all seabird species we're hoping that the weather we've had this summer will have led to a good breeding season for all of the avian species that nest on the sea cliffs, slightly improving their long term survival prospects in an increasingly challenging environment. - - - https://thewildlifejournals.com/2017/06/15/the-isle-of-may/ - - - #guillemot #seabird #jumpling #fowlsheugh #rspb #rspb_love_nature #nature #naturelovers #wild #wildlife #photography #photooftheday #conservation #birds #birdsofinstagram #summer #followme #blogger #earthcapture A beautiful partially blind boar takes a break from scavenging around its sett to sniff at our scent 😃 - - https://thewildlifejournals.com/2016/09/13/badger-watching/ - - #badgers #badger #stoptheslaughter #monochrome #sunset #sidelight #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturelovers #photography #blogger #scotland #uk #ukwildlife #photooftheday #earthcapture #followme #portraitoftheday #ethicsbeforeimages #protection #conservation #conservationoptimism We recently visited the southern Carpathian Mountains of Romania which are home to an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 brown bears where we spent a night in a bear hide watching some of these amazing omnivores. Romania is only starting to realise what an asset a large biologically diverse native forest can be and will hopefully continue to try and preserve it rather than exploit it like other European counties such as the UK have done historically. - - - https://thewildlifejournals.com/2017/07/21/the-carpathians/ - - - #bear #brownbear #cubs #romania #carpathians #brasov #wildlife #nature #naturelovers #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #photooftheday #earthcapture #rewildingeurope #europe #followme #wilderness #conservation #conservationoptimism #rewilding #rewildingeurope

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