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Birds Photographed Here
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….
Today’s outing was to Virginia Water, and by sheer luck I managed to capture a photo of this magnificent Black Swan. A few clearly local people were also taking…
Run out of fresh photos, so back to the catalogue we go – this Blackcap was snapped on one of the very first outings with my latest camera…
Cannot remember much about this photo apart from where it was taken: in the far corner of Wisley Gardens, there is a two‑storey bird hide overlooking the small…
Carrion Crow is not the most exciting bird, as we see them quite often, but this particular one was perched high up in a tree framed by green…
Snapped this lovely male Chaffinch from a bit of an unusual angle — from above. The bird hide in RHS Wisley Garden sits on a hill looking down…
Another nice find from the outing in Morden Hall Park – this lovely juvenile Chiffchaff. It was not singing, so from a distance I thought it might be…
I love the challenge of photographing small birds — they are very active. Yesterday was a really nice day for it, and I managed a few good shots…
Found this Cormorant on an unusually high perch today during a bright outing in Bucklands Park. It kindly let me take a snap while looking left and right. I chose…
An unusually relaxed Dunnock, snapped from less than 5 metres away — right in front of a bench with a few people sitting on it. Got very lucky…
This was a rather funny series of photos. At first one Goldfinch flew in and perched on a power line just above me. My first thought was: please stay for…
Another case of having only a short time for a photo outing. This time it was Cannizaro Park, very close to Wimbledon Common. I have a few interesting…
Epic fail today – had an outing in Cardiff, Wales, but I forgot to take my SD card reader, so no fresh photos… Instead, here is another shot,…
Today’s visit to Nonsuch Park was a lot less fruitful than the previous one in March. I blame the scorching heat – fewer birds were around, and the…
Today we attempted to cover the Beverley Brook Walk all the way from New Malden Station to Putney. In 3.5 hours, we only made it as far as…
Somewhat unusual to see a Grey Heron standing in a tree — but that is exactly what we spotted during a walk in Cannon Hill Common a few…
We visited RHS Wisley Gardens yesterday with the aim of getting some waterbird photos — and it was reasonably successful. First one out is this Greylag Goose, which…
Typically, to see – or rather to have a chance of seeing – a Kingfisher, we travel to WWT Arundel, which is a 1 h 40 m drive…
RSPB Farnham was the second reserve we have visited in a short period where we have seen Linnets in abundance. These birds are actually reasonably rare – they…
Another photo from the Beverley Brook Walk yesterday. This Egret flew right toward us, then landed just past us in the middle of the brook and started hunting….
I could hear this Magpie chick complaining to its parent from quite far away. Shortly after I took this photo – and after further complaining – the parent…
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…
Back to the archive we go – May 2024, Hatchlands Park. Nothing much to add apart from the fact that this is unquestionably a male Pheasant.
This Pied Wagtail joined us during our lunch break and was busy looking for a lunch of its own. It started with a small worm found in the…
Another photo from the Bucklands Park outing: this magnificent Red Kite. Same bird from another angle:
From the very spot where I took this photo, I also spotted a Thrush (still trying to work out if it was a Mistle or a Song), a…
Another Reed Bunting from the same walk as the previous one: in Buckland Park. This one was done from much longer distance hence including a bit more of…
Running a bit low on high-quality photos in my back catalogue, I made a mid-week evening outing. The usual go-to place is Morden Hall Park – only about…
A very loud family of parakeets – not sure why the juveniles were shouting so loudly or what they were demanding, as they were clearly able to feed…
Skylarks are very hard to spot without hearing them — but the clue is in the name. Once you hear one, just look high up into the sky…
We had another Song Thrush just two weeks ago – but I am very happy to share this photo where I managed to get so much closer to…
Not quite a bird, but still a beautiful creature — this was the first Speckled Wood butterfly I have seen this year. Definitely not the ideal angle, but…
Starlings, if photographed or seen from the right angle and in the right light, are actually stunning birds with very intricate colours. They are usually very active, though,…
A few years ago, when I had just started bird photography, we visited RSPB Rainham Marshes, which has a large Swift population. With so many flying chaotically around…
Some more water birds today — this time, a Tufted Duck. A group of five males were diving for food in one of the ponds at Wisley Gardens….
This little wren was spotted bringing nesting material into a tree wrapped in ivy. It would fly out a bush or two away, grab something, then bring it…