Crested Tit - Lophophanes cristatus
Canon 800mm f8 for 1/800th @ sio400
Snow was not forecast but snow it did - rain in the centre of Inverness gave way at the roundabout from Inverness to white roads and so it was we headed up the hill on the A9 which connects Inverness to the south. We were one of the first cars up through the snow and already a snow plough was working on the northern carriageway. After a couple of miles we turned off the A9 and drove through a pristine white landscape.
Our original plan had been to photograph Red Squirrels that changed due to the blanket of snow - which although was considerable had not penetrated the forest so it was squirrels in the forest or birds in snow.
We selected a small pine to stand around and waited in the snow covered heather. It did not take long for the birds to accept our presence and they got on with their own business of the day flitting between the trees.
Snow was not forecast but snow it did - rain in the centre of Inverness gave way at the roundabout from Inverness to white roads and so it was we headed up the hill on the A9 which connects Inverness to the south. We were one of the first cars up through the snow and already a snow plough was working on the northern carriageway. After a couple of miles we turned off the A9 and drove through a pristine white landscape.
Our original plan had been to photograph Red Squirrels that changed due to the blanket of snow - which although was considerable had not penetrated the forest so it was squirrels in the forest or birds in snow.
We selected a small pine to stand around and waited in the snow covered heather. It did not take long for the birds to accept our presence and they got on with their own business of the day flitting between the trees.