Skye Pine Marten

The Scottish Pine Marten was in on our hit list of the top four wildlife subjects that we hoped to see on Skye and come the last of our four day shoot it was the only one left outstanding so Stewart Dawber arranged for us to try our luck at a known feeding station,

We went to the site early to check out the lighting conditions and come up with a working plan that would produce some results for us in the darkness without disturb the Pine Marten,  Two and a half hours and a lot of head scratching later we finally had a plan of action in place as darkness closed in over the site.

The Pine marten turned up within the hour giving us the benefit of two visits to the site and a few final portrait shots taken hand held at less than a metre from our 'hide' with the camera to subject distance determined by the Marten.

With the Pine Marten finally in the can we crawled into our beds at around midnight with a fourteen hour return trip home ahead of us at 6 AM the next morning !   So was it all worth it?   You bet your life it was !

So if you fancy a look at the wonderful wildlife side of Skye and want to make the most of its photo opportunities then do yourself a favour and give Stewart a call at Skyehigh wildlife tours on 01471 855643