Welcome to my blog - check in here to see and hear the latest news and thoughts from Orkney Nature! Recent bird and animal sightings, seasonal highlights,
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Hide and seek - part 2 A hide is an essential part of a wildlife photographers or camera operators ‘box of tricks’. I was once told by a much more experienced cameraman than me that ‘if you can film wildlife successfully in the UK then you can do it anywhere in the world”. At some point or other much of the wildlife in the UK has been ‘fair game’ and so much of it is very wary, understandably so, making field craft as important as your skills behind the lens. In Orkney I use