Another photo from that hill where I was trying to get eye-level shots of birds of prey. This time it’s a Buzzard, though I caught it slightly higher…
I had never seen a Nuthatch boring into bark until I made this photo: it was rummaging around like an actual woodpecker. Another thing I did not realise until this…
At RSPB The Lodge reserve there was a section at the top of a small but steepish hill which, because of the winds or for whatever other reason,…
This Chaffinch spent quite some time on a branch to ensure that the feeder below was safe to use.
A scene from life of the Rooks. Photographed from a bit of a distance with some directional sunset-ish light.
We had a very fruitful outing to RSPB The Lodge. I’ll kick off with this little Goldcrest — I couldn’t have asked for a better angle to identify this bird.
Quite a few Red Kites already, but this one flew in so close that it’s worth having another look…
A very short outing in Bushy Park today. I decided to try and catch a Black Headed Gull in flight with this deep blue and light green in the background….
Not the best angle to catch a Northern Pintail, as the most striking feature of this elegant duck is the much longer tail feathers, which are not visible here….
A bit of a far-reaching photo today from our RSPB Pulborough Brooks outing a few weeks ago. There were quite a few Black-Tailed Godwits around, but unfortunately all of them…
Not one of the best photos I’ve ever made, but I still wanted to share it, as I spent about 30 minutes trying to identify this duck. It…
This Ring Necked Parakeet was perched on a tree in front of the entrance and was curiously observing passers-by.
Another reasonably fruitful outing today – to WWT London in Barnes. The absolute star of the day was this Kestrel, which flew in and sat like a statue not…
Sunset is creeping earlier and earlier and even at 15:24 today I had to shoot at an ultra-slow 1/160th of a second with the lens fully open to…
This colourful Pheasant stood right next to the hide as if posing for photos, and then disappeared into the hedge a few minutes later.