January 2011
There will be no newsletter this month as Philip Price is getting Married. The next news letter will be February 2011 Apologies for any inconvenience caused

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In the deep mid winter...

The weather was cold, very cold. A deep layer of freezing fog cloaked the loch. I rarely go out and 'shoot from the hip' as the results are usually pretty average, but the conditions were just too amazing not to try.

I went out armed with a 150mm lens to try and capture wildlife in their environment. Whilst doing this I witnessed the most amazing darwinian moment. The ground has been frozen here now for a few weeks and birds are getting desperate. Some birds migrate, some die, and some evolve. I witnessed the evolution…

a very smart little robin took to the shallows of the loch for a spot of fishing! The Robin waded out in to the loch and would pause just like a dipper or heron looking for movement, then in a flurry of activity it would dive down and pluck the unlucky worm from the depths of what the worm must have assumed was a fairly safe haven.

I call it darwinian as it was very similar behaviour to a dipper which is a relative of our plucky robin. You can clearly see how adverse conditions can cause animals to evolve and devolp, and you can see that if it works why not stick with it and develop things that help you more in that environment.

Of course I had the completely wrong lens for capturing this type of action but thought the story was worth showing the images I did get.

Merry Christmas to you all and I hope you have time to have some wildlife Christmas adventures yourselves. Remember to upload any wintry images to our facebook page if you wish to share them with us and others.

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