Redstart (male) (Explored 26 May 2017)
The male Redstart flying in with food to the nest, won't be too long before they fledge now!!
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
From a recent visit to the Lydford Old Railway Butterfly Conservation site. Once the rain stops I'm planning another visit to see the Heath Fritillaries.
Redstart (male)
I discovered a Redstart nesting site this week, in a telegraph pole of all places. I'll be monitoring this over the coming days and hopefully see them fledge!!
Redstart (f)
The other half of the pair of Redstarts that I found last week.
Redstart (m)
I found a second pair of Redstarts on my local patch last week whilst out Cuckoo hunting. This male perched up in clear view hunting insects!
Pied Wagtail (Explored 12 May 2017)
A shot taken on the Moors recently whilst looking for the Cuckoos.
Redstart (m)
After a couple of weeks of observing and some degree of patience I managed to get some shots of the beautiful male Redstart on the Moors. Cuckoos are my next target.
Great Tit
Not had much time with the garden birds recently but here's a Great Tit on a new perch!!
Be sure to view this full screen!
Male Orange Tip (Explored 27 April 2017)
A male to follow on from the female posted previously, this one from my garden
Female Orange Tip
My first Butterfly for the 2017 season. Lovely to see these in good numbers this Spring. I stumbled upon this female roosting but had to run home for my camera, fortunately she was still in the same place!!
Best viewed on a large display!
Treecreeper
A bird I've always found hard to get a clean shot of but finally caught this one, that frequents my garden, in the light!!
Goldfinch (Explored 15 April 2017)
Back to the Goldfinches, one half of a battle between two birds.
Wishing everyone a Happy Easter weekend and a huge thank you for all your faves and comments.
Dartford Warbler
Delighted to find and photograph my first Dartford Warbler out on the Moors this week, so good to see and hear in full song!
Goldfinch (Explored 3 April 2017)
No joy with catching the Goldfinches squabbling in mid air yet so here's one posing nicely for me.
Goldfinch
Another shot from my Small Garden Birds in flight project, a Goldfinch this time, hoping to catch these in a mid air battlle!
Great Tit landing
Some great light this week so had to have a session with the garden birds again, this Great Tit obliged by coming into land where I hoped!
Chaffinch (m) (Explored 22 March 2017)
Another shot from my Small Garden Birds in flight project, this time a male Chaffinch in hover mode with some nice early evening light.
The yellow in the background are Daffodils!!
Blue Tit
A shot I've been after for sometime now, finally managed this head on in-flight Blue Tit coming into land.
Still working on improving my in-flight shots, Greenfinches and Goldfinches both visiting regularly now.
Skylark
Taken at the same location as the Golden Plover in my previous post, lovely to hear these singing again!
Golden Plover
Taken out on the Moors on Friday evening having had a tip-off about a flock of them, could only find this individual which allowed me fairly close to get a few half decent shots.
Long-tailed Tit
From my garden last week.
Goldfinch in flight 2
A second shot of a Goldfinch in-flight from my garden last week.
Hoping the rain stops so I can get out and catch some more soon.
Goldfinch in flight 1
Goldfinch
Another shot from my Garden Birds in flight project, taken at the beginning of the week before the rain came!
Not quite as sharp as I would like but it's my first in-flight shot of a Goldfinch so I thought I'd share it anyway.
Have a good week everyone 🙂
Female Chaffinch
Female Chaffinch
Another shot from my Small Garden Birds in flight project.
Nuthatch
Another shot from my last visit to Norsworthy Bridge, Burrator Reservoir.
Worth viewing full screen.
Chaffinch
I spent some more time in my hide this week with the garden birds in flight project, a few keepers including this one of a male Chaffinch.
Black Redstart (male)
My second visit to Ford Park Cemetery in Plymouth last week, in search of the Black Redstarts, was a success. After walking around for an hour or two and after finding the female straight away I eventually tracked down this beautiful male, a first for me.
Stonechat (m)
A second shot from the weekend on a lovely Spring like day at Wembury along the south-west coastal path, both male and female showing well and the male up really close.
Stonechat
A very pleasant walk along the South West coastal path from Wembury yesterday, in almost Spring-like weather, I spotted a pair of Stonechats close to the path and was able to get very close to the male shown in this shot.
Marsh Tit
From a recent visit to Norsworthy Bridge, Burrator
Desert Wheatear
A revisited shot of the Desert Wheatear on Thurlestone beach back at the end of November. The rowing boat made for a rather nice prop!!
Goldfinch (Explored 12 February 2017)
Another angle on the Goldie in my garden this week.
Goldfinch
A single Goldie has finally decided to visit my garden feeders and posed nicely for me.
Hopefully he becomes a regular so I can attempt some flight shots!
Blue Tit
A shot from a little while back in my garden hide with the evening sun lighting up the backdrop nicely.
Long-tailed Tit
Just recovered my PC from a serious outage so to celebrate being able to edit photos again here's a LTT taking flight in my garden.
Black Redstart (f)
A female Black Redstart taken in Ford Park Cemetery, Plymouth yesterday, a first for me. Hoping to see the male too but no luck this time!
Wren (Explored 30 January 2017)
A Wren doing a very good impression of a Treecreeper, from my garden back in November
He went that way!
A shot from my garden birds in flight project, not strictly in flight but quite liked the way the wing is pointing!!
Still a big challenge to get pin sharp shots and already many hours spent in my hide.
Coming in to land
Back to small birds in-flight, I finally got some decent light and got a few flight shots, not in my garden this time.
A Great Tit coming in to land on a rock at Norsworthy Bridge, Burrator
Brentor Church
The famous St. Michael de Rupe Church, Brentor, West Devon which sits on top of a granite Tor on the western edge of Dartmoor.
I've been meaning to get a shot of this landmark for over two years now and finally managed it despite the icy wind nearly blowing me over!!
Long-tailed Tit (Explored 21 January 2017)
A shot from a couple of weeks ago, these are visiting regularly at the moment, hoping to catch one in-flight but proving tricky!!
Happy weekend all
Robin
Still no decent light so here's a non-flying Robin from yesterday in my garden hide
He's behind you!!
Another shot from back in December, a male Chaffinch and Coal Tit in the rain.
Pushing the ISO to the limits on this one!!
Nuthatch
No decent light this week for flight shots so here's a Nutty from back in December.
Have a good weekend all.
Stonechat take-off
The same bird as my previous post taking flight
Stonechat (Explored 9 January 2017)
Out and about on my local patch on the Moors this week I found a pair of Stonechats with some lovely golden early evening light. This is the male looking rather splendid with the dead bracken on the slope behind glowing in the setting sun.
Hanging on
A Long-tailed Tit demonstrating it's acrobatic skills. At one point the bird was hanging on with one foot whilst holding a peanut in the other!!
Have a great weekend, I'm hoping for some decent light to try and catch these in flight.
Jay
From a frosty day in early December in my garden. I've been hoping to catch some more shots of these but they are conspicuous by their absence at the moment, hopefully they'll return soon.
Great Spotted Woodpecker (f)
Taken back in November in my garden this female has been visiting regularly. The male has now started coming down too so hoping to catch these in-flight when I get time and the right light.
Chaffinch landing - Happy New Year
My last post for 2016 a male Chaffinch coming into land.
I'd like to wish everyone a very Happy New Year and say a BIG thank you for all your faves and comments over the year.
Andy,Had a look at your web,some cracking images,love the layout of your web,clean and easy to navigate,did you design it yourself?
John
Hi John,
Many apologies for the delayed reply, don’t check my website as often as I should. Thanks for taking the time to have a look and leave a comment. Yes I did design the layout, it’s a WordPress theme using Nextgen Gallery for the images, really glad you like it, it’s nice to get some feedback. I must admit it’s due for an overhaul and would like to include a marketplace for selling prints (work in progress).
Thanks again and see you back on Flickr, Andy