Ruffled
It’s a good thing that R dragged me into Stratford this morning for errands and coffee, or I’d probably have spent the entire day at my desk. There’s another storm brewing and the river was high, which always seems to … Continued
Taking a liberty
I’m playing Blipsnap with Hillyblips today – and given that we both photographed this red kite at the owl field towards the end of the afternoon, you can probably guess how co-operative the owls were being. We also papped a … Continued
Close of play
Very tricky conditions at the owl field today. Hillyblips and I had glorious sunshine and slicing wind, we had owls fighting kestrels and owls hanging on the wind way over on the ridge, we had low black cloud, we had … Continued
Searching for spring
Oh please – just make it stop now. As I ate my breakfast this morning the sun came out, my spirits lifted, and I was looking forward to taking the macro and searching the garden for invertebrates. But by the … Continued
Cherry plum revisited
It occurred to me today that as our pink cherry plum is now flowering, the white variety that grows wild in the hedgerows around the village must be too, so I took the macro lens and went to look. I … Continued
Cherry plum
It was another stormy day here – not especially wet, but dark, cold, and windy. I am now very definitely ready for this dreary winter to end. I spent the morning at my desk, mining old photos in search of … Continued
Treezoomer
Goodness knows why this little bird is called a treecreeper. Treedarter or treezoomer would be far more appropriate, because they’re as fast as a really fast thing, and hardly ever still for longer than a fraction of a second. Being … Continued
Fluffikins
Bless. I think it must be a youngster, to still be so downy. It was fairly outraged that I was pursuing it along the quayside, and this was the last photo I managed before it took itself off to the … Continued