Hot Tub Sparrowhawk
There are not many times when you get the chance to photograph a Sparrowhawk on a hot-tub! This male failed to catch so he perched, momentarily, on next doors hot-tub roof. There was no one using it at the time!
Winter Thrushes
At long last with freezing temperatures and winter sunshine conditions were perfect for filming the winter thrushes on whatever berries were left. In a neighbours garden the crab-apples were being eaten by Blackbirds, Redwings, Song Thrushes and one solitary Fieldfare. From the bedroom window I had a perfect hide from which to film the berry […]
My Favourite Photos Of 2025
It is always difficult to choose the best photos from a year, especially a year that was dominated by perfect photographic weather! During this last year I also photographed two subjects that I had never captured before – Red Necked Grebe and a Weasel so they had to be included in the list. As always […]
The Garden Hunter
Having stalked our garden all winter this male Sparrowhawk finally paused briefly, during the week, so I was able to grab some quick photos in appalling light. He is a magnificent specimen and may be he will come on Christmas Day, in the snow, to make my day?
Winter Visitors
The big question is where are they? This is the first Autumn when I have not yet seen either a Redwing or a Fieldfare. Instead, in a local bog, I encountered 5 Jack Snipe that had just arrived from Finland for our Winter! Is it all down to Global warming?
Last Of The Summer Sun
What better picture could there be to summarise the Summer of 2025 than a Fox sunbathing on top of a bale of hay? The sun was just setting when I drove past the field and I could not resist a few photos of this lazy Fox. Harder times are just around the corner!
Goldfinch Summer
This weeks photo typifies our last summer – one of fields full of thistles and Goldfinches. More than one hundred Goldfinches are in the photo devouring the seeds of thistles. At the end of this year it will be fifty years since the long hot summer of 1976. It was a year that I will […]
Acorn Bonanza
If you are wondering where all the Jays have gone from your garden then you only need to walk to the nearest Oak wood. Following the recent high winds the ground is now covered in the largest fall of Acorns I have ever seen. It may be some time before you see a Jay in […]
Hen Harrier Surprise
During the last ten years I have spent many hours in my hide filming female Hen Harriers returning to their nests with prey that the male has just provided in a mid-air pass. It is part of a fifty year project on the prey of Hen Harriers that I have been working on. As […]
Floral Eyrie
For more than fifty years I have spent many days searching the Hebrides for Golden Eagles to film under the appropriate Licence. I have found many eyries but none as spectacular as this weeks blog photo – the female Eagle is incubating eggs in an eyrie on a sea-cliff and is surrounded by Red […]