Eagles, Puffin, Buzzard and a Shag

[weepete]

Hi Folks,

It's been a while since I posed anything up but thought I'd share some of my latest bird photos. The one I'm most excited about is the juvinile white tailed sea eagle, that was awesome to see and shot from a boat.

Golden Eagle in Flight by wee_pete, on Flickr

Shag on Nest by wee_pete, on Flickr

Buzzard in Flight by wee_pete, on Flickr

Puffin in Burrow by wee_pete, on Flickr

Juvinile White Tailed Sea Eagle by wee_pete, on Flickr

 

[knswee]

Nice

ken

 

[weepete]

Thanks ken

 

[Hunter58]

Nice set. Nice shot of the Sea Eagle.

 

[robbins.photo]

Absolutely love the puffin in a burrow shot.

 

[weepete]

Nice set. Nice shot of the Sea Eagle.

Thanks mate, the Sea Eagles have been a real success story over here. Having been persecuted to extinction (the last one was shot in 1916) they were reintroduced in 1975 using birds from Norway. There have been a couple of other reintroductions since but there are now 100 breeding pairs of them in Scotland. Due to the location of where this was shot the ones we saw may well be direct decendants of the first ones introduced in 1975.

Absolutely love the puffin in a burrow shot.

Thanks mate, puffins are definatley one of the cute species that everyone loves and are an unusual sight for me. The puffin in this shot was on the top of a 300ft stack and taken from the adjacent cliffs.

 

[baturn]

Very nice set! It's hard for me to pick one because they are all unfamiliar to me, and therefore very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

 

[weepete]

Thanks Baturn. We do get some interesting wildlife here. The goden eagle in particular is quite unusual to get that close (it was about 300ft up). I've seen a few in the Highlands but they have allways been too far away for a shot.