Here are a few more images from my ongoing project on the natural history of the Lammermuir Hills.

Golden Plover

Curlew

Golden Plover

Buttercups near Longformacus

Golden Plover calling

Hawthorn in flower in evening light

As I filled up the tank of the van with fuel this morning it was bucketing down with rain which a few minutes later turned into hailstones. At this point I began to visualise a particular photograph. I was heading for the Lammermuir Hills in the southern uplands of Scotland to photograph Curlews, which are Britain's largest wading birds. The shot I envisaged was of a Curlew calling on the heather moorland during just such a downpour. The day turned out to be mostly sunny and quite warm. Later on in the afternoon the skies clouded over and rain began to fall. I managed to locate a Curlew who appeared to be quite approachable so I slowly edged the van up to it. I made around 150 exposures of this particular bird for about twenty useable photographs.