💙 Two Stand Proud on 500px by Dave Kiddle, Southampton, England ☀ Nikon D300-f/5-1/800s-300mm-iso200, 2662✱4008px-rating:96.5 ◉ Photo location: Google Maps

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Staying at the British Wildlife Centre but this time a Scottish Wildcat. We were very lucky to have a special day organised by Olympus that enabled us to go inside the enclosures to get closer to the different species. My favourite is always these cats, they might look like your ordinary tabby but you definitely don't want to try and stroke one, not if you value your fingers that is. Being inside the enclosure allowed me to get down low and blur the foreground and background with an aperture…

Following on from last week, I wanted to talk more about sparrowhawks. There is a reason that they are the most common bird of prey to visit your garden and …

Spent yesterday morning on the North York Moors, looking for Wheatears, but unfortunately this cracking little bird evaded me. On the plus side there were plenty of Red Grouse about, these birds make a superb burbling sound when in display mode.

Meeting the locals in the Scottish highlands #EarthCapture by @johnmhayward pic.twitter.com/WpLKPdtqM7

An inside look at the Scottish wildcat breeding program at Alladale Wilderness Reserve in Scotland