We are past the 21st March so we are now officially in psring and at the moment, a current band of high pressure is giving us clear skies and sunny conditions so the spring migrants will be well on their way. I’ve already heard increasing numbers of chiffchaff in the local countryside, but one of...
It’s a cold blowy March morning but this male tawny mining bee seemed keen to emerge and brave the elements. I noticed him just as I’d finished mowing the lawn and thought I’d get the camera. I used a 50mm extension tube and an old MF 50mm f/1.8 Nikkor to get the images.
Sometimes, red grouse can be the most confiding of birds and this male on the moors above Pateley Bridge was one such bird. He allowed a very close approach and I was able to photograph him from the car from a very close range using a variety of lenses for different effects. I really like...
Just a simple image from today of a redshank hopping over rocks along the edge of the Humber at low tide. I was high on the Humber bank looking down which is not ideal, but I like the shot, I was testing the 200-500mm Nikon zoom with my old 1.7x converter that I have dug...
A trip along the M62 to the banks of the River Humber to photograph bitterns turned into something far more exciting when I witnessed this male march harrier nest building deep in the reedbeds. The bird spent about an hour flying in with reeds and twigs and dropping them into the reeds and then each...
