Month: December 2025

Common Buzzard

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…

Pheasant

The only reason we noticed this Pheasant hiding in plain sight was that it moved…

Nuthatch

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…

Red Kite

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,…

Robin

Chaffinch

This Chaffinch spent quite some time on a branch to ensure that the feeder below was safe to use.

Rook

A scene from life of the Rooks. Photographed from a bit of a distance with some directional sunset-ish light.

Goldcrest

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.