[caption id="attachment_2762" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Photographing lekking Capercaillies, including rogue males such as this one, photographed in Speyside in February 2011, now requires an appropriate license. David Tipling"]

The interest in bird photography has boomed over the past decade. Many birdwatchers have become keen photographers, regularly carrying a camera when out birding, whether it be a conventional camera and lens or a compact camera for digiscoping. So it is probably safe to say that most people who go birding are photographers to some degree or other.