Had a quick family visit to Rainham Marshes this morning and it was an enjoyable couple of hours. I didn’t have the time to put my usual effort in, but had some good sightings that are worth posting about. I started off saying hello to Howard who was set up on the sea wall and…
A few weeks ago, after finally getting my Pentax K-3 back from repair, I visited an Oxfordshire site to photograph some red kites. We put down some chicken and waited, and it turned out to be a good days photography!
Last 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…
Some more photos of the female marsh harrier and the crows that wanted some rabbit too!
I took loads of photos of a female marsh harrier feeding on a dead rabbit back in May.
A quick one photo post, a female marsh harrier.
Here is a video I filmed on my Pentax K5 DSLR of a marsh harrier feeding on a dead rabbit, while being harassed by a number of crows. Be sure to click on the expand video arrows/button to view full screen! feeding marsh harrier from Neil Phillips on Vimeo.
Anyone who has visited Loch Garten will know the nest is some way off from the centre, though cameras and telescopes provided do give good views. Its not so good if you want photos, so I got out the Pentax Q and shot some video of the EJ, the female osprey. This video has been…
A few more from that great day On Sheppey, this time of a kestrel that flew along side my car before landing in front of me to eat a worm.
Last Monday I was driving down the entrance road of Elmley Marshes nature reserve. In the past I have taken some of my best wader shots along this road, but recently I’ve not had much luck there. That morning it was foggy when I arrived, with the sun starting to peak through, but I had…