Each week I post an image on the Home page that I’ve taken recently (or occasionally from my back catalogue). This is an archive of them all.
Brightly-coloured lichens on a rock beside the Affric River, with fresh snow on Scots pines and birches, in Glen Affric.
Birch trees beside Loch Beinn a’ Mheadhoin and dramatically-coloured clouds at sunset in Glen Affric.
Scots pines beside cascades on the Affric River in winter, Glen Affric National Nature Reserve.
The view from my front door on 3rd December 2019: a crow (Corvus corone) sitting in a tree at sunset, with the moon visible amongst pink-coloured clouds behind.
Birch trees in autumn colour and fog in the Caledonian Forest in Glen Affric.
Rocks and autumn-coloured leaves of a young aspen tree reflected in the Farrar River, Glen Strathfarrar.
Sporocarps or fruiting bodies of a slime mould (Trichia decipiens) on a birch log in Glen Cannich.
Birch trees and bracken in autumn colour with Scots pines beside the Allt na Imrich, Glen Affric National Nature Reserve.
Aspen trees (Populus tremula) in autumn colour beside Callater Burn, near Braemar in the Cairngorms National Park, in the middle of October.
Scots pines and birches in early autumn colour, with morning mist over Loch Beinn a’ Mheadhoin in Glen Affric.
Old Scots pines and pine snag silhouetted against dramatically-lit clouds in Glen Affric.
Like many parts of the UK, Findhorn has lots of Painted Lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui) on the wing just now. Here, two are feeding on ragwort flowers next to a small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae).
I photographed this wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) just outside my garden - the bird's feathers were all in perfect condition.
Beech tree in summer in Darnaway Forest, near Forres, Scotland.
Common water frog (Pelophylax esculentus) on the leaf of a yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea) at the edge of the Sventoji River, Lithuania.
Silver-green leaf weevil (Phyllobius argentatus) beside galls induced by a mite (Eriophyes laevis) on an alder leaf in Glen Affric in the middle of June.
Trunks and branches of bigleaf maples (Acer macrophyllum) covered in moss and ferns, with a Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) on the right in temperate rainforest, Quinault Valley, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA.
Douglas’ squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) feeding on seeds of a Sitka spruce cone, on a Sitka spruce tree (Picea sitchensis), Olympic National Park, Washington, USA.
Male spider (Metellina mengei) on the new leaves and flower of a blaeberry plant (Vaccinium myrtillus) opening in spring in Glen Affric.
Ravens (Corvus corax) with chicks in their nest on a cliff beside the Affric River in Glen Affric in the middle of April 2019
Catkins on the branch of an alder tree (Alnus glutinosa) hanging over the Affric River in Glen Affric in late March.
Dead grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) washed up on the beach at Findhorn, with its flippers tangled in rope.