The second day of my holiday was a bit damp and a trip to Seaton beach (the one in Cornwall) was a disappointment – grey shingle with a nice river, sadly covered in double figures of dogs ensuring there was no bird life to be seen! The cliffs behind the sea wall look interesting botanically…
I have just come back from a lovely family holiday in Cornwall and while it was not a wildlife photography trip I did sneak in some photography most days. The first trip out (on Sunday) was to Looe, a lovely fishing village on the South Coast. I visited many times as a child, but it…
As you may have gathered from my last post I have traded in most my Pentax gear and switched to Olympus, giving me superior effective focal length and much better auto focus. I had a trip to Rainham Marshes today with my 1 year old in the buggy, so no serious waiting around, but still…
So yesterday I said goodbye to an old friend, my Pentax DA*300mm F4 lens. It has been sent off for repair and will be sold on to another owner, which I have to admit makes me a little sad. I I have many great memories and favourite photos taken with that lens. And don’t worry…
A couple of weekends ago I was kindly allowed to tag along on Colchester Natural History Groups outing to RSPB Old Hall Marshes. I went along with Pam and Peter, two of the best aquatic ecologists in Essex and we surveyed the borrowdyke near the sea wall. One of the things we found were my…
I have had a slow start in terms of dragonflies this year, compared to others when I have had 5 species of odonata in April, it took till Mid May for me to see any numbers of dragon and damselflies and photo opportunities were thin on the ground. But last week I finally fopund a…
A couple of weeks ago I had a day on the Isle of Sheppey to enjoy some of the wildlife found there. The south of the island is mostly grazing marsh and is rich in wildlife, especially waders and raptors. I took 100s of photos on that day, but the highlight was a spoonbill seen…
The end of April/start of May usual signals the start of the real emergence of insects. There are of course a few earlier risers that emerge earlier in the year, but it this time of year when the greater variety of species start to appear. On a recent lunchbreak spent in Wat Tyler Country Park…
I blogged recently about a male adder trying to court a female, well 4 days after he was first spotted trying, he was still courting away. Here he is sitting on top of the female. He felt the vibrations of someone else approaching and stuck his head up to look. The female was still not…
Yesterday we had a family visit to the craft fair at RHS Hyde Hall and I was not planning on taking many photos after taking 1600 shots the day before on Sheppey (blog post on that to follow!), but I always take my camera with me just in case. One of the craft tents was…
