When in Wales in November, between visits to Gigrin, we did some landscape photography around Elan valley. Landscapes aren’t something I do much but I had a go at a waterfall. I even tried a slow shutter speed. The valley plays host to anumber of reservoirs and dams, which have water cascading over them There…
Following on from the last post in Epping Forest, later on in the same day I came across some common toadlets in the leaf litter. They certainly qualify as cute in my book. I also found this Rosel’s Bush Cricket, this individual was one of the less common long winged forms. On a trip to…
Back In July I was at Wake Valley Pond one morning when I came across a southern hawker dragonfly that had just emerged. I got some close ups of it. And some different angles.
A few more from Lanzarote. Having hired a car the second day of exploring lead us the Salinas del Janubio where the bird reports said black stilts occured, something I had never seen in the wild before. After a short walk along the coastal side of the lake I spotted some. With some careful stalking…
The recent story on the spanish sparrow in hampshire reminded me that I ahd some photos of the species on my hard drive. There were plenty in the towns in lanzarote where I took these photos. These photos were taken from the patio of the apartment we were staying at. They were often feeding on…
I moan about many things in my garden. Backing on to the A12, with very little in the way of bird life (with the untouched bird feeders to prove it), no hedgehogs or thrushes and the odd cat wandering through. However for a few nights in late May and early June one of my favourie…
I will post properly on this at some point but here is a photo of one of my pond creature photography set ups It consists of a camera with macro lens (in this case Pentax K-5 and 100mm macro) with optional extension tubes, a small aquarium and a flash with diffusion off camera, in this…
After looking at the whale (a couple of post back) we headed up the cliff at Hunstanton. In the wind the fulmar performed nicely and a got a number of shots: A couple of other species flew past: A feral pigeon And a common gull We headed back along the beach with the sun pretty…
Yesterday morning, as with most days this week, there were plenty of fieldfares around. They were feeding on the hawthorn berries. At lunchtime I set up my camera near the RSPB feeders and got my best great tit shots yet. I also got some nice blue tit shots. I photographed the ‘beaky’ blue tit again.…
Before going to Hunstanton for the sperm whale we spent the morning at RSPB Titchwell. We sawa number of birds, including 3 lifers for me: Arctic Redpoll, red throated diver and my first definate bar tailed godwit (which I’ve almost certainly seen before, but never 100% sure it was one). I got some nice photos…