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In 2011 I set myself a hard challenge that I never did complete - A tough Challenge!

I have fallen away from photography quite a bit since then but I want to get back into it. As I love nature I thought I could focus on this challenge again but this time broaden my horizon to all of Scottish Wildlife. I will not set a deadline on this but I will dedicate this blog to log my progress and hopefully give you an insight to Scotland at the same time.

I tried to obtain photos of many of the species on the list from the original challenge but to date I have only managed to take photographs of the following:

~ Orkney Vole
~ Puffin
~ Guillemot
~ Harbour {Common} Seal
~ Grey Seal
~ Porpoise
~ Razorbill
~ Gannet
~ Great Skua
~ Arctic Skua
~ Lapwing
~ Eider Duck
~ Red Deer
~ Salmon
~ Red Fox

Missed opportunities:
~ Orca Whale (They were visible twice from the mainland on Orkney when I was unable to get to them and when I had went back to Scottish Mainland an Orca got stuck in Kirkwall Harbour)
~ Short Eared Owl (one actually flew alongside my for ages one evening but I never seen one whenever I went out to find them)
~ Mountain Hare (they were too far away for me to get them noticeably within the frame)
- Red Squirrel (one ran across the road while I was a passenger in a car)
- Golden Eagle (we couldn't find the route to their usual nesting spot on Arran but it was too rainy to take photos anyway)


I do have a photograph of the Primula Scotica that I took while I was staying in Orkney and of the