Rick's trip to Mull (wildlife pics)

Just got back from a lovely week up in Mull and thought i'd share some pics for those (if any!) who also like the wildlife side of things.....

These first 4 shots are all of white tailed sea eagles, complete with an impressive 8ft wing span! Still hard to photo though with the boat bobbing up 'n down i'll tell ya!







Red deer

Common buzzard

Male hen harrier, saw loads in Mull but these are extremely rare in England, and due to persecution there are no breeding pairs this year in England which is absolutely disgusting. If they weren't being shot on the grouse moors then there should be habitat for about 150-200 pairs of these birds?

Otter

Golden eagle

Basking shark

Common seals

Juvenile arctic tern

Herring gull (I think!)


Regards
Rick

cracking pics mate.....i soo need more lessons... 

Class pictures them, looking at how far zoomed in your pics are makes me realise I need a bigger lense

Steviedoo wrote:

Class pictures them, looking at how far zoomed in your pics are makes me realise I need a bigger lense

rick has a massive lense.... 

got some great tips off him Steve he really knows his stuff..for what we need it for we don't need to be equipped like Rick...just how to use it properly  

Epic pictures mate, I go up there every year fishing, scenery and wildlife is unbelievably stunning

To be honest, most of those were taken with the 100-400mm zoom lens, a great little walk around lens. It was really only the otter, hen harrier & golden eagle that were a little distance away & needed some zooming. Most of the subjects were literally only metres away.
Although when needed the 500mm + 1.4x tele extender (making 700mm) does come in handy & that's without taking into consideration the 1.3x crop factor of the cmos chip!

Ta for the comments peeps, would seriously love to live out there if the opportunity/funds/work etc (ie too many factors!) ever came about. And they still leave the car keys to their cars in the ignition & houses unlocked??? Could never get used to that though.

mousey wrote:

Epic pictures mate, I go up there every year fishing, scenery and wildlife is unbelievably stunning

Is that the isle of mull or mull of Galloway?

WOW Rick - those photos are amazing - absolute love them  

ukjesters wrote:

mousey wrote:

Epic pictures mate, I go up there every year fishing, scenery and wildlife is unbelievably stunning

Is that the isle of mull or mull of Galloway?

Mull of Galloway lol I take it you were in the isle of mull?

Yeah, I was. Used to fish of the mull of Galloway many years ago. Nice run over there & some really good fishing to be had as well. There's some canny wildlife there but not quite the same species as you get on Mull but still a lovely part of the world.

Indeed fishing isn't as good as it was few years ago but still a lot better than round here,same as the scenery over there, no chemical city's to look at day in and day out

defo some award winning shots there.....how come you have none of my car looking soo good.... 

If you get it airborne then I'll take a shot of it in flight, I quite like flight shots!

Some good pics there mate. I also love wildlife so this is rite up my street. Sir David will be proud

Cracking pics bud, love the one of the bird above the water ready to pounch!