Dunnock
This Dunnock was singing beautifully on top of the bursting Hawthorn this morning. What a joy to be up early in glorious weather and to be surrounded by nature. There’s no better way of spending your life.
Red Kite clutching
The Red Kites over my friends’ garden here in Oxfordshire all appear to be clutching something. There’s usually a feather or a …
Song Thrush
I’ve just spent an hour trying to get a good photograph of a Song Thrush and failing miserably. It was deep in …
Red Kite, mobbed
I’m in the garden in Oxfordshire while on chicken-sitting duties for my friends My local Red Kite here has half of its …
Blue Tit in blossom
The planting in Foxburrow Wood in Oxfordshire is relatively new. It started in 2010 and ended in 2014. It’s 20 acres and …
Linnet / Ninnet
There’s a pair of birds twittering overhead. I can hear one say “Ninnet”. It must be a Linnet. Their song has far …
Buzzard over the garden
I’m currently chicken-sitting for my friends in Oxfordshire and enjoying an egg or two. Their enclosure is larger than my garden and …
Chicken-sitting
I’m currently back chicken-sitting for my friends in Oxfordshire. Last time I was here there were eleven chickens. This time there are …
The moment before it slapped me
There’s a younger Dalmatian Pelican on the prow of our small boat. I’m in prime position to photograph it. It’s beautiful light, …
Pelican comedy breakfast
The early light is hitting the mountains on the other side of Lake Kerkini and bathing them in a warm orange glow. …
Heron over the snow-capped mountains
There’s something enchanting about birds being able to project their own shadow onto themselves. Here’s a Black-Tailed Godwit with the shadow of …
Changing light
The warmth of this image is a thrill. The difference in the mood of this image because of the changing light is …
Pelicans and mountains
The blues and purples of this image are very restful, aren’t they? So is being out on a boat on Lake Kerkini …
A still evening on the water
It’s that time of the evening, when the light becomes glorious as a few stray rays of the sun hit the other …
I’m not British Wildlife Photographer of the Year!
Yes! I’ve heard that I’m not British Wildlife Photographer of the Year! I’ve been encouraged by my dad to enter some of …
Symmetry
There’s something deeply appealing about the symmetry of these Dalmatian Pelicans. There’s also something worrying about them begging for fish thrown into …
Goth Puffins
The Goth Puffin lookalikes were out in force in Lyme Bay. I do love a good Razorbill flypast, but is it only …
Shearwaters on the water
Having Manx Shearwaters around our coasts in South Devon at this time of year makes ever boat trip into Lyme Bay one …
White patches
Great Cormorants have a large sign, only visible in the summer, to show they are adults and ready to breed. It’s a …
Gannets dropping from the skies
I love it when Northern gannets, Morus bassanus, drop from the skies. Just look at the beautiful spread of those tail and …
Formal wear
The Common Guillemots, Uria aalge, are wearing formal-wear at the moment. Their smart chocolate brown heads and white bellies look very smart …
Manx Shearwater
There’s a Manx Shearwater, Puffinus puffinus, bonanza off Brixham at the moment. There was a flock of 29 out to sea and …
Sea Plantain at The Mill
The old mill building at Rapness on Westray is heading for desolation, and quickly. Once you lose your roof, your walls are …
A jaunty crest
It’s breeding time again and this Shag in Brixham is all ready for action, with glossy black-green-bronze plumage, yellow lores and a …
Fluffy neck
The fluffy neck feathers of these Griffon Vultures confused me for a moment. Why would you have a feather duster for a …
Hooded Crows and Griffon Vultures
It’s easy to lose track of scale when you spend time with Griffon Vultures. It’s when a group of Hooded Crows arrive …
Tenderness
It’s hard to identify the emotions of birds. We’re separated by 320 million years of evolution since our most recent common ancestor …
Wingbeats
Dalmatian Pelicans are beautiful and getting more so as their mature breeding plumage approaches. Here’s one having a flap showing its wing …
A rockstar mop
Dalmatian Pelicans have a rockstar hairstyle. It’s bedhead on steroids. Just look at this unruly mess: The water at this time of …
After dawn
I have far more photographs of sunsets than I do of sunrises. That’s because I’m usually not in bed until midnight and …