Late season - Ptarmigan just laying up A cock rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta sits on top of a rock watching over his mate as she feeds belo...

Spring ptarmigan Snow-laden clouds lie heavily over the Cairngorms It's Spring in Scotland and there have been some late snow fall...

Ptarmigan on the rocks I was up in the Cairngorms surveying ptarmigan last week, Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta, and they are well named f...

Sad timing A ptarmigan nest site on a high hillside - but look closely It's a busy busy time of year for fieldwork in the High...

Confident Ptarmigan A hen ptarmigan sits on her nest, quite relaxed - confident but watchful I have been surveying rock ptarmigan...

Spring snow and cuckoos Snow covering the eastern Highlands - a view from above the North Sea I flew into Scotland on Monday, the da...

Ptarmigan nest sites Rock Ptarmigan in Scotland usually nest close to boulders, which probably reduces the risk of detection by pred...

Magazine article A copy of the Leopard magazine arrived with the post today from Scotland. And there on the cover was one of  my photogra...

Ptarmigan The first ptarmigan chicks have hatched at the Cairnwell, my main study site. I photographed this hen as she ran around me tryin...