A master of disguise in the rocks and late-season snow, the Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus is the only British bird that changes its colour with the seasons, from pure white in winter through a series of mottled shades in summer. As a sub-Arctic species, the ptarmigan only exists on the Scottish mountaintops where it feeds on bilberry, crowberry, juniper and heather shoots. Ptarmigan move down to lower levels in severe cold weather.
Neil McIntyre's work is widely published and used in many national magazines like the BBC Wildlife magazine and national newspapers. Organisations like the Scottish Natural Heritage, the Cairngorms National Park Authority and the John Muir Trust are also amongst my clients. In addition to these, his images have also featured in over 25 books.
Over the years Neil has been fortunate to have won several awards in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition including the Eric Hoskings Award in two consecutive years, he also been a category runner up and had a further four images highly commended. In the British Wildlife Photography Awards Neil won the portraits category with an image of a red deer stag, with a further 4 other images having been highly commended in that competition to date.
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