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
Category Archives: Birds
It only takes me around 50 minutes drive to get into prime red grouse habitat in the Yorkshire Dales or North Yorkshire Moors, so I often get up there when the birds are at their best and calling. Cruising the small roads that criss-cross the open moorland will eventually bring you into contact with one...
I really am trying to re-write this website but life is so busy at the moment with the commercial, studio and wedding work that all my efforts are focused on that side of the business. However, I’m picking away at this site and trying to add a bit of new content and while going through...
You can’t really drive through certain parts of the Dales without hearing the plaintive call of the golden plover, its just such an evocative sound amd so much a part of this remote corner of Yorkshire. This bird was photographed around Tan Hill, a wild and windsept section of the Dales about as far north...
Spemt the day at a bee-eater colony. We sat in nylon pop-up hides for around 5 hours in temperatures of 35dg+! Sweat was jusr running off us but it was worth it to get up close and personal to these wonderful birds. I’m sure if I asked someone to invent me a bird and sketch...
