Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve (鳳園蝴蝶保育區) is one of my must-visit locations every time I get back to Hong Kong in the summer (you can find my blog post from last year here). The reserve near Tai Po is not only a great place for butterfly lovers, it holds a wide variety of wildlife, particularly insects. Looking at lepidoptera:…Read more Hong Kong’s Bug Safari: Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve
Highlights II & The End – MNHP Cairngorms 2017
Today we spent another 5 hours in the minibus, arriving back in Falmouth just after lunchtime. Continuing with the highlights of our adventures in Cairngorms National Park from the rest of the team: Georgia: My absolute highlight of the trip is photographing the deer in the snow - it was such a magical and beautiful…Read more Highlights II & The End – MNHP Cairngorms 2017
Highlights I (& Southbound) – MNHP Cairngorms 2017
After around 10 hours in the minibus, we are now in Birmingham to stay a night before heading down to Cornwall. For a change we had burgers for dinner (we have been taking turns to cook this past week), and we are spoiled by Holly's dad's delicious cheesecakes as dessert! Still can't believe that the trip…Read more Highlights I (& Southbound) – MNHP Cairngorms 2017
Mountain Hares – MNHP Cairngorms 2017
This morning Carys and I went out with David to the ski lodge to photograph red grouse and mountain hares. We saw lapwings, oystercatchers, pheasants, meadow pipit and pied wagtail on the way, as well as red deer and roe deer! I went with the intention to photograph the female red grouse as I didn't get…Read more Mountain Hares – MNHP Cairngorms 2017
Birds of Prey & Boxing Hares – MNHP Cairngorms 2017
This morning was clear and we have some set snow around. A group of us went out with Mark again to photograph red grouse and mountain hare at the ski lodge. Becca and I went to the top to look for mountain hares, and by following the footprints in the snow, we tracked two of them…Read more Birds of Prey & Boxing Hares – MNHP Cairngorms 2017
Ben Rinnes – MNHP Cairngorms 2017
This morning Becca and I tried the red squirrels again with Carys, and we got very lucky (compared to our last session). We brought a one-man hide for Becca and a two-man hide for Carys and me. At least two squirrels came back repeatedly for peanuts, and one was in a tree above us nearly…Read more Ben Rinnes – MNHP Cairngorms 2017
Let It Snow – MNHP Cairngorms 2017
No one was in the black grouse hide last night as we had an extremely early start this morning to catch the sunrise at Loch Morlich. There were a few clouds around when we arrived, giving us chance to get some long exposures and reflections done before we got covered by the clouds and snow.…Read more Let It Snow – MNHP Cairngorms 2017
