The Red Kites over my friends’ garden here in Oxfordshire all appear to be clutching something. There’s usually a feather or a piece of sheep’s wool or some straw. It’s also usually quite small and difficult to tell what it is. Exhibit A: They’re so common here that it’s hard …
I’ve just spent an hour trying to get a good photograph of a Song Thrush and failing miserably. It was deep in …
I’m in the garden in Oxfordshire while on chicken-sitting duties for my friends My local Red Kite here has half of its …
The planting in Foxburrow Wood in Oxfordshire is relatively new. It started in 2010 and ended in 2014. It’s 20 acres and …
There’s a pair of birds twittering overhead. I can hear one say “Ninnet”. It must be a Linnet. Their song has far …
I’m currently chicken-sitting for my friends in Oxfordshire and enjoying an egg or two. Their enclosure is larger than my garden and …
I’m currently back chicken-sitting for my friends in Oxfordshire. Last time I was here there were eleven chickens. This time there are …
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, …
The early light is hitting the mountains on the other side of Lake Kerkini and bathing them in a warm orange glow. …
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 …
The warmth of this image is a thrill. The difference in the mood of this image because of the changing light is …
The blues and purples of this image are very restful, aren’t they? So is being out on a boat on Lake Kerkini …
It’s that time of the evening, when the light becomes glorious as a few stray rays of the sun hit the other …
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 …
There’s something deeply appealing about the symmetry of these Dalmatian Pelicans. There’s also something worrying about them begging for fish thrown into …
The Goth Puffin lookalikes were out in force in Lyme Bay. I do love a good Razorbill flypast, but is it only …
Having Manx Shearwaters around our coasts in South Devon at this time of year makes ever boat trip into Lyme Bay one …
Great Cormorants have a large sign, only visible in the summer, to show they are adults and ready to breed. It’s a …
I love it when Northern gannets, Morus bassanus, drop from the skies. Just look at the beautiful spread of those tail and …
The Common Guillemots, Uria aalge, are wearing formal-wear at the moment. Their smart chocolate brown heads and white bellies look very smart …
There’s a Manx Shearwater, Puffinus puffinus, bonanza off Brixham at the moment. There was a flock of 29 out to sea and …
The old mill building at Rapness on Westray is heading for desolation, and quickly. Once you lose your roof, your walls are …
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 …
The fluffy neck feathers of these Griffon Vultures confused me for a moment. Why would you have a feather duster for a …
It’s easy to lose track of scale when you spend time with Griffon Vultures. It’s when a group of Hooded Crows arrive …
It’s hard to identify the emotions of birds. We’re separated by 320 million years of evolution since our most recent common ancestor …
Dalmatian Pelicans are beautiful and getting more so as their mature breeding plumage approaches. Here’s one having a flap showing its wing …
Dalmatian Pelicans have a rockstar hairstyle. It’s bedhead on steroids. Just look at this unruly mess: The water at this time of …
I have far more photographs of sunsets than I do of sunrises. That’s because I’m usually not in bed until midnight and …
The Great White Pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus, is also known as the Eastern White Pelican, the Rosy Pelican or just the White Pelican. …