Over the past couple of months I've been working on a commission to photograph wildlife for the Royal Botanic Gardens of Scotland. I have had some rewarding encounters with a variety of different animals. Photographing a Grey Heron fishing for frogs barely five metres away from me without using a hide was something I thought would be impossible, but at the Botanics a great deal of the wildlife seems to be far less timid than elsewhere. I'm not a fan of the North American Grey Squirrel which was introduced to Britain with disastrous consequences for our native reds around a hundred years ago. Nonetheless I have managed to make some unusual and creative photographs of them. The commissioned project is still ongoing and will probably take me into the autumn.
Please note. Although I made these images, they are copyright of the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and are reproduced here with their kind permission.
Grey Heron
Grey Squirrel
Drake Mallard Duck
Treecreeper
 Grey Squirrel in evening light
Moorhen
Grey Squirrel
Grey Squirrel
Carrion Crow
Grey Squirrel in evening light eating peanuts
Grey Heron eating a Common Frog
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