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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.
I was choosing a Robin photo to share this Thursday, and when I looked through this one I thought: surely it isn’t looking at me? Then I decided to Google…
Some lovely autumn colours with this Greenfinch. This bush was right next to a feeder, and we hung around for about 10–15 minutes and managed to see the full…
This photo of a Green Woodpecker nicely demonstrates how they balance on tree trunks — by using their tail feathers.
We had a particularly fruitful outing to RSPB Pulborough Brooks today — double-digit decent photos to publish. Starting with this Dunnock, photographed right next to the entrance. It was…
This Great Egret is clearly looking for food in the pond, yet it gives the impression of admiring its own reflection.
I was about to call this a Common Redshank, then I thought I’d check with Collins’ bird book whether it is a Common Redshank or just a Redshank. And, apparently, it’s neither…
Back to the archive, since I’ve run out of recent photos. This one comes from Camargue again — one of the hotter days of the summer in our…
One more photo for the collection of bird philosophers — this thoughtful Blue Tit deep in thoughts about the future.
Another photo from the Bucklands Park outing: this magnificent Red Kite. Same bird from another angle:
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…
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…
Happy Halloween, everyone! I couldn’t think of a more fitting bird than a Carrion Crow for the day, and thankfully that thought was with me during the outing…
A bit of an experiment with this photo — it was far too dark to shoot in the thick shade we were in, but I was curious to…
A somewhat rare photo of a Common Buzzard resting on a tree rather than soaring in the sky.