Waxwings and Apples
It is almost impossible to believe that last Autumn’s phenomenal berry crop has now been exhausted with Waxwings now searching for an alternative food source. Last week a solitary apple tree in the centre of Manchester was spotted by three Waxwings. I spent a couple of days filming them,then the next day they were gone, […]
Synchronised Lapwings
If I want to see Lapwings locally it is unlikely that I will find any in green fields.Instead I go down the road to my local Industrial Estate where on one occasion this winter there was a flock of more than three hundred present.As they are on the roof they are elevated nicely for photography.It […]
The Welsh Twister
No visit to Wales is complete without a search of its vast pine plantations for the bird with that incredible twisted bill, the Crossbill.Amongst British birds it is unique with a bill specially designed for extracting seeds from pine-cones. In Wales Crossbills lay their eggs in mid February so that in January there is plenty […]
Welsh Murmurations
A week in Wales and during that time I noticed thousands of Starlings gathering together at the end of the day and going to roost in a remote pine forest. They came together from all directions and gathered in the nearest tall trees. Unfortunately unlike other Starling roosts there were no aerial flights or murmurations […]
Jack Snipe Record
It is always a good winters day when a Jack Snipe is encountered. Usually you come across them in ones and twos and my local record comes from 2010 when a severe bout of cold weather brought five together feeding in an unfrozen iron-water ditch. This winter, so far, has been relatively mild and not […]
Punk Rockers
With its flamboyant crest there is little doubt that the Waxwing is the punk rocker of the bird-world. Last week’s hundreds of Waxwings have now moved on but during the week I have found several small parties that are still devouring the local berries.. One such group of five are featured in this weeks gallery. […]
Waxwing Bonanza
What a fabulous New Years treat to spend four days filming my all-time favourite bird the Waxwing as they descended on Rowans still heavy with berries. The spectacle of a hundred or more Waxwings flying back and forth on red berries is something to behold. In perfect conditions I have taken a lot of time […]
Newsletter 2016
Happy New Year to all my followers and in a year when I officially “retired” as a professional wildlife photographer after twenty years, I have never been as busy. This weeks photo of me in Spitsbergen, less than six hundred miles from the North Pole, was taken by an official photographer from Oceanwide Expeditions to […]
A Season Of Red Berries
During the last few weeks of searching for Waxwings I have had some incredible encounters with Bullfinches and Redwings. This years crop of Rowan berries was exceptional and made for some impressive seasonal photos. Enjoy the gallery. Click here In the garden this week we had our first day this winter with more than twenty […]
Garden Jays
For the last three months Jays have been feeding in the garden on a regular supply of peanuts put out especially for them. Three at once is the most that we have had but together with the late Autumn leaves they have produced some colourful photos. click here Having featured Goosanders in a recent blog […]