I drove back onto the farm yard and noticed a few birds around one of the big puddles left by the recent rain so I stopped the car and reached for the “big boy”, my joke name for the camera with a Sigma 150-600mm lens fitted 🙂 … More The Puddle Party
Well, after my session with young owl pair, is it worth carrying on? Do I just head back and get editing? … More After the event
I set off for a patch walk just after 3 pm, an unusual time for me to set off but, I wanted to go down to the mailbox and it’s not always delivered until well after 2pm or later so…. … More One of the eventful walks
The weather forecast isn’t great for this weekend, not complaining, it’s been scorching for several days and we really need some decent rain fall. I came through to the “den” to edit my overnight time-lapse shots and create a video clip of them if suitable, they were but, meanwhile I am keeping an eye on … More On a rainy Saturday morning
We went for a walk yesterday … … More Into town and down the Den
I’m always harping on about how lucky we are to have all the birds we do as garden visitors but, to have a Mistle Thrush drop in on a regular basis is pretty special to me. I’ve added this unedited shot to show what I actually managed to capture, I’m often reacting quickly to an … More Our Mistle Thrush
April 30th 2025 – Only on the patch, the sun was out, the breeze was light and I rarely head out much before lunch time so, what the heck eh? 08:30 and I was out! Shock, horror probe!!! Early bird etc. Actually that breeze was still a wee bit chilly so I had a light … More I went for a walk today
Red-legged Partridge I have mentioned that we live on a farm, in the country haven’t I? Hence we get Pheasant and Partridge in the garden, which is nice. Both species of Partridge drop in now and again and we see and hear them in the surrounding area quite often, this is not a hunted area! … More Our Garden Visitors (R)
We’ve now lived in this rural location for just over three years and in that time I’ve had so many fabulous photographical experiences. Birds I thought I’d never see, live in our hedges. Raptors I wasn’t aware of can be seen, some yet to be photographed. A pair of White-tailed Eagles flying over my head. … More Finally!
Well, who’d have thought it? No N or O birds visit gardens, certainly not this garden! So right on to P and there are a couple that drop by from time to time, keeping in mind, we live in the country and on a working farm. Pheasant Yes, we get Pheasant among our garden visitors, … More Our Garden Visitors (P)
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