When up in the Cairngorms last March I carried out some stream sampling with my net. Among the cranefly larvae with scary looking jaws and the Clinging Mayfly Nymphs, were some impressive looking large stonefly larvae. They were identified by Craig Macadam (Buglife’s Conservation Director) as Perlodes mortoni, the Orange-striped Stonefly. Until recently it was…
DetailsLast weekend I visited Bath for the first time and on Monday I was walking along the River Avon when I said to Sue something along the lines of “with all these churches around there should be peregrines.” A few minutes later I spotted the tell tail shape and flight of a falcon. As I…
DetailsSome more photos from my wonderful fox encounter, here a sequence of it drinking from a puddle.
A video filmed with my Penatx Q and DA*300mm of some Redshank, greenshank, curlew and spotted redshank at Wat Tyler Country Park
Last weekend I had a trip down to Southend Pier which is a good site for Mediterranean Gulls. When some took off I tried my hand at some flight shots. I also got a Juvenile in flight.
DetailsHere are some close up shots of shags I took on the Farne Islands.
I took photos of the puffins around the Farne Islands. Here are a few more. One on the sea. And some others on cliffs
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