I'm not long back from a lovely trip up to the Cairngorms in Scotland, somewhere I've been many times before and it never gets old. It's such a beautiful place.

This image was taken just outside the cottage I was staying in. Last time I visited a Pine Marten showed on the trail camera only once in two weeks. This time two were in the area every night, and occasionally first thing in the morning. This was taken via camera trap and on my last morning there.

I'm not sure what Kind this is, maybe mycena or something else.

I photographed him mainly because of the background.

Stack with 17 frames.

Grayling / hipparchia semele. Dunwich Forest, Suffolk. 23/07/20.

'ALLOWING ME JUST A GLIMPSE.'

An image that had to be made through the heather stems, because of the butterfly's position. It's all about the eye detail in this one!

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Red Squirrel - Sciurus Vulgaris

Highlands, Scotland.

The red squirrel is found in both coniferous forest and temperate broadleaf woodlands. The squirrel makes a drey (nest) out of twigs in a branch-fork, forming a domed structure about 25 to 30 cm in diameter. This is lined with moss, leaves, grass and bark. Tree hollows and woodpecker holes are also used. The red squirrel is a solitary animal and is shy and reluctant to share food with others. However, outside the breeding season and particularly in winter, several red squirrels may share a drey to keep warm. Social organization is based on dominance hierarchies within and between sexes; although males are not necessarily dominant to females, the dominant animals tend to be larger and older than subordinate animals, and dominant males tend to have larger home ranges than subordinate males or females.

Red squirrels that survive their first winter have a life expectancy of 3 years. Individuals may reach 7 years of age, and 10 in captivity. Survival is positively related to availability of autumn–winter tree seeds; on average, 75–85% of juveniles die during their first winter, and mortality is approximately 50% for winters following the first.

Although not thought to be under any threat worldwide, the red squirrel has nevertheless drastically reduced in number in the United Kingdom; especially after the grey squirrels were introduced from North America in the 1870s. Fewer than 140,000 individuals are thought to be left in 2013; approximately 85% of which are in Scotland, with the Isle of Wight being the largest haven in England. A local charity, the Wight Squirrel Project,[26] supports red squirrel conservation on the island, and islanders are actively recommended to report any invasive greys. The population decrease in Britain is often ascribed to the introduction of the eastern grey squirrel from North America, but the loss and fragmentation of its native woodland habitat has also played a role.

In January 1998, eradication of the non-native North American grey squirrel began on the North Wales island of Anglesey. This facilitated the natural recovery of the small remnant red squirrel population. It was followed by the successful reintroduction of the red squirrel into the pine stands of Newborough Forest. Subsequent reintroductions into broadleaved woodland followed and today the island has the single largest red squirrel population in Wales. Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour is also populated exclusively by red rather than grey squirrels (approximately 200 individuals).

Red Squirrel - Scirius Vulgaris

Highlands, Scotland

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Shot at Sagelva Open Air Museum, Bjorli, Norway documenting traditional, local use of hydropower.

Huntsville, Ontario

An abstract winter forest, created by panning the camera up during a long exposure.

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Last few days have been very hazy around South East Queensland. While not ideal, it does help spread the light during sunrises and sunsets.

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Une scène capturée dans une forêt de pins un matin brumeux. Les arbres, dressés comme des silhouettes fantomatiques, se détachent dans un environnement apaisant. La simplicité de cette composition noir et blanc accentue l'atmosphère mystique, faisant écho à la tranquillité de la nature embrumée.

Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gamble) resting in a pine tree off the deck of a friend who lives on the pine covered slopes west of Montana City about 10 miles west of Helena, Montana, U.S.A.

8 September, 2017.

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Crested Tit - Lopophanes Cristatus

Cairngorms

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Crested Tit - Lopophanes Cristatus

Cairngorms

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Чертополох на обочине лесной дорожки, в хвойном лесу на берегу Средиземного моря, вторая половина дня (ближе к вечеру), солнечно.

Wooden rowboats on the clear green waters, at Lago di Braies, South Tyrol, Italy.

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Oslo - Norway

Last day of testing for intercity trains with diesel engines (instead of the usual electric), as from tomorrow, Monday September 15, the new train schedule will be in effect for at least the next 8 months...

This is the time frame required for the repairs and maintenance work needed to make the railway network (between Domokos and Krannonas) fully operational again,after the devastating passage of Daniel and Elias in 2023 (natural disasters).

Operator:Hellenic Train

Train:51 Thessaloniki-Athens

Locomotive:OSE Class 220

Adtranz / Bombardier (DE2000)

The pines are endemic to Norfolk Island - just one of the many attractions of this island paradise! More HERE: www.redzaustralia.com/2016/11/10-things-to-do-on-norfolk-...

In the neighbourhood of Hotel Alpina in Tschiertschen, Switzerland.

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On a walk through a forest, we came across these sheep.

I got my invite yesterday to join the Beta testing of FireFly AI.. This is Adobe's contribution to Artificial intelligence for creating pictures.. This was my first creation and it wasn't too difficult once I understood that my input wasn't done in Discord where the discussions are but in a separate place... It isn't quite like the others but not that difficult to follow... Not perfect but at least very workable at present and it hasn't been released as yet... I took the picture into photoshop and did some tidying up and adding the deer which the AI didn't do as requested... I am hoping that they will bring some of the technology into PS as it would be very helpful...

Still going with the images from Ardnamurchan!

Crested Tit, Cairngorms Scotland UK

Mild afternoon in the pine forest.

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As the sun began to set over the hills surrounding Loch Doilean the heavy rain from earlier in the day evaporated in the evening heat.

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This is the Rigi ‘Queen of the mountains’ in Switzerland. This particular image was taken while while walking in the Sattel Hochstuckli area, using my 70-300mm lens.

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The first drops slid down the bark, darkening the wood and filling the air with the sharp, fresh scent of pine. It was a language the tree knew well, the voice of water speaking in rhythms that only roots and stones could understand. The rain deepened, steady and insistent, like a long-forgotten lullaby.

They raise their leafy arms to the sky all day as a sign of prayer. Explore January 2024

the pine forest near my town is a nice place to spend some time no matter the season.

Mount Wilson

This little Tit is a specialist of the Scottish pine forests, was so lucky this one would drop down from the trees within feet from us. funny how it was with a flock of coal tits probably for safely. we known when it was about to pop out the tree because of its sweet little call.

A wild brown bear in Finland.

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