yhak bird photography
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…
Further into the past we go – I’ve discovered quite a few unpublished summer photos. This Blackcap next…
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch today — the annual event when people all over the country count birds in a chosen patch of land for one hour over the…
What a day for photography today: crisp, bright, full of colour and with no need to travel far for any of it. We had a great outing to…
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…
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch today — the annual event when people all over the country count birds in a chosen patch of land for one hour over the…
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…
Last photo from the Hogsmill Local Nature Reserve. A small scene from the everyday life of Feral Pigeons…
A very tough outing today to RSPB Farnham Heath. The weather forecast was looking promising, but the amount of sun was greatly exaggerated and the amount of rain…
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…
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch today — the annual event when people all over the country count birds in a chosen patch of land for one hour over the…
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…
Apologies for the delay today. A calm and composed Grey Heron from RHS Wisley to round things off.
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…
Had a good morning outing in a narrow but long strip of green in Tolworth called Hogsmill Local Nature Reserve. Managed a few interesting scenes which I’ll share…
Another good outing today, this time to Farthing Downs in Coulsdon. It is a very good spot for Skylarks, which we saw plenty of but didn’t manage to snap…
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….
Cannot say with 100% certainty, but most probably this Nuthatch’s lunch is a butterfly or moth cocoon.
Don’t think I’ve ever seen or photographed such a chilled Pheasant. RHS Wisley is not exactly a wild patch of land, and this specimen was nibbling grass not 5…
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:
A new bird for us — and for this newsletter — the Common Redpoll. I snapped a few dozen photos before realising that I didn’t recognise this bird at…
I still have plenty of photos from Rainham Marshes, but let’s move on to another outing so as not to bore anyone. Farthing Downs is a good candidate…
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…
I know we had a Ring Necked Parakeet recently, but this one was very interactive and I thought I’d share what I managed to capture. It landed on this tree…
An interesting outing on Saturday to a small patch called Watermeads Nature Reserve, sitting on the River Wandle not far from us. Found this Shoveler quite close to the camera….
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 restless Wren took a while to snap: I was running around this tree for a good 10 minutes trying to catch a decent shot…
