Category Archives: Bird photography

A day out in Derbyshire

Today we ventured over the borders and into Derbyshire for a scout of the narrow guage canals in search of water voles but our luck wasn’t in! We did see one of these chubby little mammals at one site but drew a blank on all the other regular haunts we know of. Maybe numbers are...

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Estonia and the big freeze

Just got back from Estonia where the trip results were the exact opposite of the fabulous three days I had in Greece a couple of weeks ago! The Greek trip resulted in over 5000 images in three days while Estonia resulted in around 20!! The reason for lack of images was the incredible freeze creeping across eastern Europe with...

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Dalmatian Pelicans in Greece

Just got back from 3 days in northern Greece where I’ve been photographing Dalmatian pelicans. The weather was superb for the whole of the three days we were there and the pelicans couldn’t have performed any better. Both the D3 and the D7000 took a beating as I rattled through 5000+ images in two days...

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Common birds from the hide

Spent a couple of hours with Mike at his feeding station today. Lots of activity although limited species due to the mild weather. The great tits and blue tits performed very well but I was pleased with the three great spotted woodpeckers and the nuthatches that kept appearing on stage. At one point, the woodpeckers...

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Red Grouse in the snow

Decided to down tools on the commercial photography edits today and head to one of my favourite little spots where red grouse congregate at the side of the road. The weather was glorious as I left home but by the time I got to my destination on the hills an hour later, the wether had closed...

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