Join Professional Wildlife Photographer Paul McDougall for a day photographing 2 impressive Raptors - the Red Kite and the Osprey
Location: Doune and Callendar
Duration: 1 day
Price: £210pp
Photograph Red Kites and Ospreys on this workshop
This workshop we cover 2 of the most iconic and sought after species in Scotland.
- Red Kites – Argaty Red Kites. Doune
- Ospreys – Trossachs Osprey Hide. Callendar
Afternoon – Red Kite Photographic Hide.
We will meet at Argaty Red Kites at 1pm.
The afternoon session will be focusing on the Red Kites. The objective here will be to capture eye catching images of the birds in flight as they feed at the hide.
A purpose-built hide for up to 3 photographers, the Red Kite Photography Hide brings you closer to the action (distance to the feeding area 35m) for an unforgettable encounter with nature!
This hide offers big viewing hatches, room for tripods or monopods and a photography shelf for those who prefer to shoot hand-held.
Prefer to photograph outdoors? An outdoor photography deck is included for your exclusive use for photo hide visitors.
The hide looks out onto a beautiful deciduous woodland copse, which provides the perfect backdrop to photograph kites against, even in overcast weather.
Lens from 300mm to 600mm, you can use a tripod or shoot handheld.
Evening – Osprey. Callendar Osprey Hide
We will drive the short distance to Callendar and stop for food - not included (if required in Callendar) and then we will then make our way to the hide where we will have exclusive use (just our group) of the Trossachs Osprey Hide.
The hide gives you great views of the local ospreys and diving shots are possible from the hide here. The pond area is kept natural and therefore parts of it can be overgrown, however with a little luck and the Osprey diving in the right place you can capture images of the Osprey exiting the water and flying past with a fish, or at the very least you will capture images of this wonderful bird flying around just meters from the hide.
Although the hide does not give you the eye level viewpoint of some of the Osprey Hides in the UK it does give you some nice natural backdrops, some excellent views of Ospreys and non stop action.
On top of this Kingfisher are regularly seen and photographed from the hide and otters are seen every day, beavers are also seen occasionally.
Lens from 170mm to 300mm for the Osprey, 300mm-600mm for the Kingfisher.
The hide is a short walk from the parking place
As with all my workshops I will be on hand to give advice on settings and various different shots that can be achieved. The group will be a maximum of 4 people so there will be plenty of opportunities to work with everyone one on one if required.
If you want to photograph Red Kites and Ospreys in the same day then this is the workshop for you.
Please note that the day includes the cost of the hide booking.
