The final day in Scotland had a few nice suprises. We drove to Caerlaverock castle and once we finsihed looking around we walked to the coastal anture reserve. I was expecting much but once we got to a hide I used my thermal imaging camera to spot some roe deer about a kilometere away. It was a good job I had a long lens on the camera. It was so far away that the land you can see behind it is actaully Cumbria:
There wsn't just a doe, there was also a buck lying down in the grass:
After we spotted a huge flock of barnacle geese we walked around to see if we could get a closer look. The geese were super far away, maybe even a mile:
Luckily I did manage to get a good photo when some flew over much closer:
Barancle geese are pretty rare, I've only ever seen one before at Sandbach Flashes.
The geese weren't the only bird I saw though as I saw a red kite, kestrel and even a few wheatear. I'd never seen a wheatear before and when one landed on a fence post I managed to get an few pictures:
That's all for today's post, and that's everything fromm the Scotland trip. It was one of the best weeks of my life for wildlife watching and I can't wait to hopefully go back to Scotland in the future and see what else I can find. Remember to leave a comment and thanks for reading!
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