Category Archives: In the field

Norwegian blue!

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Mark Hamblin

I had been staring out from a wooden hide at a dead fox lying on a snow swept hillside for the best part of ten hours when one of my inmates happened to mention the classic Monty Python ‘Dead Parrot’ … Continue reading →

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Sunshine on a rainy day

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Mark Hamblin

After a week sat in front of the computer it was good to get out on Friday for a ‘field meeting’ at the Coigach Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve north of Ullapool. The weather forecast was pretty poor and photography wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Winter hues

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Mark Hamblin

Photography, whether as a hobby or a profession, is a fickle business for all sorts of reasons and there is often a very thin line between success or failure, certainly in photographic terms. Yet the whole experience of obtaining the … Continue reading →

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Garden dickies

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Mark Hamblin

You may have noticed that its turned a tad nippy over the past week – in fact as low as minus 17 here and not much above minus 7 all week so least it to say the garden birds have … Continue reading →

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