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Saturday 23 September 2017

Summer Slips Away and Autumn Arrives

Summer has slipped quietly away and I for one will miss it, even though it wasn't a particularly good one for us up here in the North East of Scotland.
I'm hopeful that our Autumn will be spectacular... and so far it's not doing too badly. 
I thought I'd highlight just a snippet of what's happening around our place.
The fields of gold have been harvested with this beast!
It doesn't look particularly large on this photo but this was captured on my zoom lens... the machine is approx 250 metres away!
Trust me it's huge.
It must be a terrifying thing to see and hear if you're a little wee beast.
With all of the various changes with autumns arrival, our little elegant resident roe deer is in the process of changing his summer coat of reddish brown to grey.
I've done a little research and I believe he might be between two and three years old.
He appears regularly near our house and settles down to rest, which is a huge honour. 
He must feel safe.
I think it's pretty special having such a majestic neighbour.
 I'm not sure if I've mentioned in previous posts, but I've been trying to photograph one of the few wren's that frequent our garden. 
Yesterday I had a chance but oh my word he's a flighty little critter!
The photo below was taken from my kitchen window across to the decking steps... as you can see it was also raining, so not the best conditions for a photographic shoot.
But I'm happy that it's not just a blur.
The blackbirds are enjoying this time of year too with lots of goodies available.
This particular blackbird is enjoying the berry bonanza.
If I'm showing you some of our visitors, then how could I not include our new robin.
He's looking mighty handsome in his new red waistcoat and is still friendly.
Everyone knows I love to take photos of the busy bees and I'm including this one because who knows it might be the last visit of the year!
Oh how I'll miss them.
But there'll be lots of other wonderful sights to capture with the coming seasons.
I'll hopefully have my camera at the ready and be snapping away, so feel free to pop back anytime.
I'm linking up with My Sunday Photo over at Photalife.com
Have a great weekend and thanks for popping over to my place.

22 comments:

  1. I love your deer photo. Autumn is when they are at their most impressive. I must try and capture a photo of ours too.

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    1. I'm lucky because this deer comes to call regularly. I've yet to meet him in the garden...it's usually behind glass but I'm hopefully we will become friends.

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  2. That is a big John Deere machine. Could only imagine how much that sucker costs

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  3. Beautiful photos of the countryside at work.

    I love the capture of the deer

    Thank you for linking up

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    1. Thanks Darren, I love to watch the seasons changing especially as I missed them so much when we lived aboard.
      Thanks for hosting and I hope you have a great week :D

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  4. I love your photos, especially the deer and the robin and well done for capturing the wren. I think the bee photo is my favourite though.
    #mysundayphoto

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    1. It was a lovely pop of colour at the end which I think helps Anne.
      I thought that bee might have been the last to visit, but I saw more yesterday and at least three butterflies...so maybe summer is still hanging in there? An Indian Summer would be lovely!

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  5. I love your weekly photos of what came to visit you and those birds and deer are just beautiful. I don't think I've seen manga blackbirds round our way at the moment.

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    1. Thanks...I couldn't decide which one to put forward for My Sunday Photo so decided to include a few at once.
      Have a great week :D

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  6. Lovely photos, I can imagine the beast terrifying all the small creatures.

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    1. He frightened me Carol especially when he just appeared so close to the house without warning! Enjoy your week :D

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  7. Love seeing the photos of your visiting critters. You get amazing closeups!! :)

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    1. Thanks Rita...having a zoom lens has certainly helped but we do have farmland and wild flower areas all around our property.
      I adore having nature up so close.

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  8. nice capture of the busy little wren :) there are a lot of deer around here, they have a habit of jumping out of the forests onto the road, thankfully we have hit one yet. neat to see tho how they have adapted to living around people

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    1. Thanks Jennifer. I was thrilled to actually have the wren in the shot even if it's not the clearest. The deer very often jump across the high hedgerows to cross the lane. I hold my breath when I see them doing it but thankfully our lane isn't too busy. Having said that I have seen one casualty since we moved back here...but I've also seen an increase in numbers which is encouraging.

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  9. You captured some amazing pictures!!! The deer image is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing:)
    Henry

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    1. Thanks Henry... I had quite a few photos of the deer and had difficulty deciding which one to post :D

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  10. Oh my, love them all!! Makes me want to pick up my camera at once. Sadly time is something I'm a bit short of these days. How much I love to photograph items for the website, birds are still my all time favourite! Thanks for sharing, Anita xx

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  11. Woo Hoo you got a Wren and a lovely little one at that! That's fantastic!
    Wren x

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  12. Roe deer look quite different from the ones I'm used to seeing here. Very interesting to not the differences.
    Thanks for linking up at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-view-from-mount-washington.html

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  13. What a beautiful and bright image depicting a bee in nature. You have to be patient for this shot. #MySundayPhoto

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  14. Wow! The deers coat is so dark. Never seen one so black and red like! Looks like your garden is busy with life. Have a lovely week!

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