A Morning at Chester Zoo
I was at Chester Zoo to pick up an award from the Royal Photographic Society. The event was in the afternoon which meant I had time to go the see the animals in the zoo itself, this is something I haven’t done for many years and I quite enjoyed myself. I took pictures of various animals, I wasn’t impressed with many of them, but I did get some nice ones of the tiger. These are the pictures I like. Let me know what you think
read moreA brief visit to Leighton Moss RSPB
I have been down in Cheshire for the weekend. On the way home I called into a old stomping ground of mine, Leighton Moss RSPB. I used to visit here regularly when I lived in Blackburn Lancashire. I couldn’t stay too long so I went to the outer hides, the Allen Hide and the Eric Morecambe Hide. It was pretty quiet really, there was a large flock of black-tailed godwits redshank, there was eight little egrets present, a buzzard sat on a fence out on the marsh and two great white egrets which had been on the reserve for a while, they were a long way out on the marsh. Teal and wigeon were...
read moreRaddes Warbler Holy Island
I got these pictures of the Raddie’s Warbler today, this is quite a rare bird, the pictures are quite poor, probably the worst ones I have ever taken of a bird but it does show very well the peachy coloured rump which is diagnostic of the Raddie’s Warbler
read moreHoly Island House Sparrow
I was on Straight Lonnen on Holy Island today for a couple of hours an I was watching the much maligned house sparrow sitting in a tree and preening. The light was quite good and I got thease images along with many more. The lens was my canon 500mm f4
read moreRoe Dear near Swinton Berwickshire
I was driving home through he back roads this afternoon and I saw a small heard of roe dear in the middle of a field near to Swinton in Berwickshire, which is quite lose to my home. I stopped and did a mini stalk to get closer and managed to get these pictures. Not sparkling, but not bad either.
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