The warm spring sunshine tempted me away from editing commercial photography shoots to head over to do some insect photography at Brockadale. There were plenty of butterflies on the wing, including brimstone, orange tip and large white and plenty of whitethroats in full song. Across the valley, the soft purring of a turtle dove was...
A six mile walk around Winteresett Reservoir today proved fairly fruitless in terms of bird photography with none of the newly arrived migrants performing for the camera. However, just as I was within 500yds of my car, I managed to grab a few shots of a very obliging treecreeper which was busy traversing up and...
The final bird we photographed on the three day trip to Wiltshire was the displaying great bustard that are being reintroduced to Salisbury Plain. This is a magnificent bird that once bred in the UK on Salisbury Plain and the Yorkshire Wolds but was hunted to extinction. Now, a dedictaed team are collecting eggs under...
I’ve been away for a few days with a couple of friends to photograph firecrest in Wiltshire. I’m not sure what the breeding status of this beautiful bird is in Yorkshire, but down in Wiltshire they seemd to be almost abundant! The woodland edges around Longleat were ringing with the sound of these colourful, but...
Just returned from a photo trip to Wiltshire photographing a couple of special species and while there, we also hit the New Forest for Dartford warbler. There were plenty of these beautiful little birds around but getting close was a whole different game, they were incredibly shy. However, with a little patience we eventually managed a few decent...
