West Yorkshire wildlife photographer : The Sparrowhawk West Yorkshire wildlife photographer : I’ve been photographing sparrowhawk recently and finally caught up with a male bird at my good friend Alan’s hide up in Dumfrieshire! Alan rents his hides out to anyone wanting to photograph these magnificent birds and he’s let me use the hide in...
I headed off up to Scotland today to try out my friend Alan’s new diving kingfisher set-up in Dumfrieshire. The forecast said it would brighten in the afternoon, and to be fair, we had some milky sunshine, but generally the sky was cloudy. This meant I had to shoot at 2500 ISO or 3200 ISO...
I’ve just got back from a trip to southern Spain where I’ve had a few days photographing golden eagles in Murcia, high in the Sierra Espuna. Two 12 hour days in the hide resulted in around 2hrs golden eagle photography over 4 visits from two birds. On the day we arrived in Murcia, we headed into...
Funny how things turn out! My sparrowhawk session today turned into common buzzard from the hide and we didn’t get the sparrowhawk at all. I suspect the buzzard was scaring the small male sparrowhawk from coming to the bait and in any case, once the buzzard landed, the bait went in one mouthful! The weather...
Wow! My first twitch in about 10 years and I really enjoyed it! Not only did the rough-legged buzzard perform but I also met up with a load of old friends and it was just like being back in the late 80s at the height of my birding days! This rough-legged buzzard at Grindale, East...
