Wakefield Camera Club, of which I am a member, are running a new competition to commemorate the passing of life member Maurice Biglin who spent many a happy hour photographing wild flowers. The competition is a print competition and members can enter up to three prints depicting British wild flowers. So, I thought I have...
Over the last 10yrs or so, common buzzard has become, well, common! This species was such a rare bird in West Yorkshire that it would have been highly twitchable in the old days but the common buzzard is an avian success story and has spread across much of the country, let alone our county. The...
Got an email last night to say a pectoral sandpiper was at the local country park lake and then today, a phone call from Mike to say it was still there. So, late this afternoon, I gave up on the wedding edits and headed down to Pugneys Country Park in Wakefield to see if I...
Shelduck coming into land at Martin Mere WWT reserve. Each evening the sky is full of them as they fly into the reserve to rest and feed. A great way of practicing flight photography! Nikon D3, Nikkor 500mm f/4 lens handheld
The warm September sun (around 26dgC today!) always brings the comma butterflies to the blackberries to feed. These uniquely-shaped butterflies spend the winter in a shed or other dark place and os need to build up sugar reserves to last them the winter without having to wake. The comma gets its name from the white...
