Due to the exceptionally good weather, there is a larger than usual collection of graphics (from Scone Palace in Perthshire) for the Colour Supplement to this week's Rampant Scotland Newsletter. So on this occasion the supplement has been expanded to two pages - there is a link back to the first page after the last picture below.
When I first saw this white peacock in the distance I dashed over with my camera with a telephoto lens, expecting the bird to disappear if I got too close. However, another visitor - with a camera phone - was ahead of me, and walked right up to the bird. It just sat there and looked at him, without moving away. Once the other photographer was finished, I took my pictures - but from a more respectful distance!
Looking more like a bridal train or a waterfall, this bird seemed happy to display all its finer points!
The white variety of peacock seems to have all the plumage of the normal Indian Blue variety, including that amazing comb on the top of its head.
Here, for comparison, is an "ordinary" peacock.
Many of the earlier daffodils have faded and I keep thinking that there are no more worth a photograph - then places like Scone Palace turn up an attractive, unusual variety - and it has to be added to the collection...
I have to confess that the Oyster Catcher is one of my favourite birds. That oversize bill, its shrill, piercing call and its habit of straying far from any oysters by flying inland to feed and nest in farmland, all contribute to making it an attractive - if incongruous - bird. As here, at a pond not far from Scone Palace, they are often seen in pairs.This is the second page to the Colour Supplement this week. Click here if you want to go back to Page 1
If you want to look back at earlier editions of this Colour Supplement, there is an Index Page
