Starling

Tue, 24 Mar 2015 22:27 +0100

Starling, Greylake Somerset

Male Reed Bunting

Tue, 24 Mar 2015 22:24 +0100

Male Reed Bunting, Greylake, Somerset

Water Rail

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:31 +0100

Water Rail, Slimbridge. This must be about the most expensive bird image I have ever taken. While I was photographing the bird from the hide, some thieving tealeaf came into the Willow Hide at Slimbridge with a group of people, and stole my binoculars that were on a shelf behind me. What shocked me most, was that the people who had come into the hide, were in the age range 50 - 75. I had always thought most people interested in nature & wildlife tended to represent what was best in people, but no, apparently not, they are just like any other group in society. Disappointing that. Best keep your eyes open for thieving old gits!

Long Tailed Tit

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:15 +0100

Long Tailed Tit, Slimbridge

Redwing

Wed, 04 Feb 2015 16:13 +0100

Redwing. A flock of 50 or more have been feeding on Beech nuts in Alexandra Park, in Bath for the last week or so. They are winter migrants from Northern Scandinavia and Russia and the smallest member of the Thrush family. Normally you only see them out in the countryside, and they only come into towns when it is really cold. I used my car as a hide and fortunately they came quite close.

Blackcap Female

Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:15 +0100

A Female Blackcap, with the Chestnut Head colouring, also from my garden, but seems to be not related to the male, as the male chases her off whenever he sees her

Golden Delicious

Thu, 29 Jan 2015 18:12 +0100

Male Blackcap which has taken up residence in my garden this winter, seems to like apples. Actually a Cox's Orange Pippin, rather than Golden Delicious

Teal, hunted by.....

Sat, 15 Nov 2014 05:01 +0100

Teal, rise up from the marsh to escape a hunting female Marsh Harrier, Greylake, Somerset

... a Marsh Harrier

Sat, 15 Nov 2014 04:59 +0100

A distant Female Marsh Harrier searching for prey, on a windy rainy day with terrible light at Greylake, Somerset

Milking Pail, Subodh Gupta

Wed, 01 Oct 2014 00:21 +0100

Subodh Gupta's huge Milking Pail at the new Hauser & Wirth Gallery in Bruton, Somerset