Sunday 29th March 2015 – At last, at my third attempt, finally saw the Beeley Moor, Derbyshire, Great Grey Shrike. It has eluded me on two previous occasions but this morning in diabolical weather conditions, it performed really well for us. In heavy rain, grey cloud and extremely windy weather, I managed a few decent images […]
Saturday 21st March 2015. After a week on Shetland and only I week back in the “land of the living”, I thought I had experienced enough wind to last me at least till the autumn. No such luck. It was blowing a gale today at the RSPB Reserve at Bempton Cliffs on the Yorkshire Coast.
Saturday 14th March 2015. After a very rough crossing on the way back from our week on Shetland, it was nice to get our feet back on “Terra Firmer” and head straight off to Seaton Park and the River Don, to try and find the Harlequin Duck. A first winter drake has been present on
This BLOG will be in two parts – Part Two – Otters Ever since I first visited Shetland, some 5 or 6 years ago now, I have always had a desire to get up close and personal with Otters. So when I met Brydon Thomason during my first visit and discovered his Shetland Nature Photographic Holidays,
This BLOG will be in two parts – The bird photographs first. Ever since I first visited Shetland, some 5 or 6 years ago now, I have always had a desire to get up close and personal with Otters. So when I met Brydon Thomason during my first visit and discovered his Shetland Nature Photographic
A visit to the Derbyshire Moors this morning trying to catch-up with a Great Grey Shrike. Despite the glorious sunshine, it was blowing a gale and there was no sign of the Great Grey Shrike. In fact very little on the moor apart from a few Raven, a Peregrine and a Kestrel. Another visit to
In my view and of course if it is possible, it is well worth making the effort to see any North American bird in Britain. So when a Laughing Gull was discovered at New Brighton, on Merseyside, around the 5th of February, I had this bird on my radar. Keeping my fingers crossed, I hoped it would
Waxwings have been very scarce this winter, unlike the last two or three, when many hundreds arrived from Scandinavia. It seems that this winter the berry crops in Northern Europe have been good and therefore these birds have not errupted on their nomadic wanderings. Thankfully however, in recent weeks small numbers of Waxwings have arrived on
