Thursday, 9 June 2016

Winter Alive / Живая Зима



This is absolutely stunning. I could just sit and watch this. The clarity of the colours and the sounds of the birds....it is almost as if you are there. Great work by Dmitry Yakubovich

Sunday, 3 April 2016

Mudchute, Monk Parakeets and the Secrets of the Canning Town Fly-over......




Classic urban birding, exploring the hidden habitats amongst the redevelopment of London's East End. Aside from occasional strong whiffs of cannabis, the biggest surprise was finding a singing cetti's warbler and a migratory whitethroat in the shadow of the Canning Town fly-over. The monk parakeet nests in the London plane trees lining the streets adjacent to Mudchute park were awesome feats of engineering. A great day in the company of Hawkeye.

Sunday, 20 March 2016

Feeder frenzy.......

I have to say I could sit and watch this feeder in the valley of the River Glaven, North Norfolk, situated outside the window of a wildlife reserve tea shop, for hours. The activity around it was relentless, with a number of species feeding below it too. Late winter is a crucial time for birds, when natural supplies have diminished. The temptation is to stop feeding as the weather improves but this is a time when birds still have to deal with cold nights and the drain on their fat reserves they represent as well as starting to nest-build and invest in egg production. the species in this video are blue tit, great tit, coal tit (with the white stripe on the back of the head) and long-tailed tit.

Saturday, 9 January 2016

Traffic camera captures glorious image of snowy owl in flight above a mo...

Favourite photographs of 2015.......

I do not claim to take amazing photographs and I use a relatively modest 'Bridge' camera, but I do enjoy recording the world around me as I see it. There is beauty in every view and sometimes we are lucky enough to find it. These are my favourite shots from the last year.....











Link to WWT - Welney

Link to WWT - Welney
Some awesome birding opportunities.....