Birds
Photographs of local birds in Dumfries and Galloway.
Dunlin in summer plumage
Barn Owl 2
Ringed Plover 1
Common Sandpiper
Mute Swan cygnets 1a
Mute Swan with cygnets
Mute Swan cygnets
Pied Wagtail 1a
Pied Wagtail
Sand Martin
Goosander (male)
Greenfinch
Female Siskin
Goldfinch
Heron on mudflats
Peregrine Falcon in Galloway
Barn Owl returning to nest
Barn Owl
Barnacle Geese in flight
Grey Wagtail
Kingfisher 3
Skylark
Kingfisher 1
Male Stonechat
Skylark
Barnacle Geese in flight
Barnacle Geese
Dipper
Swallow collecting mud
Blackbird Female
Kingfisher 2
Swan Head close up
Yellowhammer, male
Willow Tit at nest
Wigeon, drake
Whooper Swans in flight
Whooper Swan landing
Whooper Swan feeding, close up
Female Blackbird
Small group of Turnstones on the Solway shoreline
Tufted Duck, Drake
Red Kite
Red Kite
Stonechat Male
Fulmars on cliff
Fulmars at nest on cliffs
Barnacle Geese a3
Family group of Whooper Swans
Pied Wagtail 3
Pied Wagtail 2
Pied Wagtail 1
Pied Wagtail at nest
Pochard Duck
Nuthatch
Nuthatch
Grey Wagtail
Greylag Goose
Moorhen 1
Moorhen 2
Grey Wagtail
Oystercatcher at sunset
Peregrine Falcon take off
Single Barnacle Goose in flight
Kingfisher 1a1
Whooper Swans in flight a1
Whooper Swans in flight A2
Barnacle Geese in flight a2
Incoming Knot
Knot on roost
Large flock of Knot on the Solway
Knot landing on the Solway Firth
Leucistic Red Kite
Female Mallard
Lesser black-backed Gull Dumfries
Wigeon on ice 1.
Barnacle Geese landing
Whooper Swan a2
Red Kite
Greylag geese 1a1.
Greylag in flight 1a.
Collard Dove 1a.
Buzzard on fence 1.
Red-legged Partridge
Barn Owl
Red Kite
Barnacle Geese in flght over water
Red KIte
Barnacle Geese in flight
2 Barnacle Geese in flght 1a
Barnacle Goose
Barnacle Geese feeding
Waxwing in berries
Red Kite
Barnacle Geese bathing
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Swallow
Pied Flycatcher (Male)
Cock Pheasant
Black Guillemot 2a
Mallard male on ice
Barnacle Geese take off at WWT Caerlaverock
Leucistic Red Kite
Barnacle Geese high over Mersehead on the Solway
Dipper 1
Dipper 2
Lesser Black-backed Gull Juv with Salmonoide
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Heron at Sunset
Hering Gull with young
Lesser Black-backed Gull in surf
Lesser Black-backed Gull Juv
Mute Swan head
Goosander in surf
Mute Swan landing

These webs pages have been put together by Keith Kirk. Keith is a semi pro natural history photographer and writer. He is the wildlife feature writer for D&G Life magazine and also writes a monthly Nature Notes column for the Galloway News. His day job is a countryside ranger with Dumfries and Galloway Council, something he has been doing for over 24 years. Keith also has another web site which promotes him as a photographer, whilst this site is more about Dumfries and Galloway, an unknown part of Scotland. www.dumfriesandgallowaywildlife.co.uk
Also check out www.flickr.com/photos/keithkirk8 which he updates on almost a daily basis with his latest images.
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Keith is also a photographer who has tested many types of photography kit for manufacturers . At the moment he is testing Bushnell and Spypoint wildlife/trail/stealth cameras. Checkout the link at the top of the page or go to www.scottcountry.co.uk for more info. Also coming soon will be a report on a new outdoor clothing manufacturer (Ridgeline) that is producing good kit for Wildlife Photographers and Birdwatchers.........so watch this space. Here's a quick preview.
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