Grey Wagtails
The estimated population of Grey Wagtails in the UK is 38,000 pairs. I’m delighted there’s a pair on my local river. Here …
The estimated population of Grey Wagtails in the UK is 38,000 pairs. I’m delighted there’s a pair on my local river. Here …
There’s currently an active debate about relaxing the 2m social distancing rule.
Dunnocks are a personal favourite of mine. They’re surprising in many ways. This one has chicks deep in the undergrowth. They’re in …
The sign is clear. This space is reserved. Either this duck can’t read or it’s very, very important.
It’s been the wettest winter on record. We’ve just had the sunniest May on record. What will summer bring us? I suspect …
There’s a Greenfinch in a familiar place – up the top of a tree. It’s not a flattering angle: Thankfully, when I …
I’ve seen Grey Wagtails before, in passing. I’ve never had time to really spend time with them and get to know them. …
There’s the sound of a malfunctioning robot coming from the reeds. It sounds like a pilot episode of a 1970s science fiction …
There’s a terrible racket coming from a bush nearby in the town centre. It sounds like a Blackbird is going absolutely out …
They are symbolic of spring; cute fluffy ducklings This parade of Mallard ducklings were barely larger than the eggs that once contained …
There’s a wide variation in the colouration of Common Buzzards. This one is particularly pale, without the dark brown breast markings and …
“One’s for sorrow, two’s for joy…”, says the old rhyme, ‘Magpie’. I don’t agree. Magpies, however many in number, are all for …
I can see a pair of dragonflies. They’re Black Tailed Skimmers, Orthetrum cancellatum, in tandem in beautiful weather. The male has that …
I’ve only been to Berry Head in South Devon twice before. The first time I parked in the wrong car park, spent …
There’s a beautiful Feral Pigeon in glorious sunlight in the town centre. The iridescence is glorious. It’s a structural colour rather than …
How many Crows make a mob? The answer is only one. The local Buzzard has taken off for its daily life of …
There’s a flying duck coming fast and low. It’s a male Mallard and I manage to capture it well enough to print …
Have you ever been robbed? It’s a horrible feeling. My family was burgled when I was a child. We were on holiday …
What are the chances that a period of time when many people have to stay indoors to avoid a deadly pandemic should …
Here are a few familiar faces from my social distancing walk. This Mute Swan is one of the aggressive pair which have …
I’m looking up a tree when there’s a bit of a kerfuffle on the lake. Coots are deeply territorial birds. Or terror-torial. …
I’m out with my son in the early morning. He has a camera too and takes a photo of me. As we …
There’s a tail-flicking little wizard on the tideline. That tail-flicking is called teetering. It’s a Common Sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos. There’s what looks …
I was recently informed on Facebook (if that’s even possible) that young birds are called chicks and not babies. Someone responded with …
There’s a beautiful song coming from the bush in front of me. It’s the ‘Northern Nightingale’, the Blackcap: Blackcaps practice leap-frog migration: …
There’s a Chiffchaff in the tree. At some stage a predecessor of the Willow Warbler and the Chiffchaff had a strange egg. …
I only have a snatched hour with the Long-Tailed Bushtits today. I still get some lovely views. I’ve been trying to get …
Today the Long-Tailed Bushtits are working as hard as ever to gather invertebrates: After a week I’m much happier with my photographs …
Here’s the scene next to a busy public footpath: It may appear tranquil but deep within the brambles is a Long-Tailed Bushtit’s …
The caterpillars keep on coming. Beak-fulls of them. Green ones, brown ones, grey ones and orange ones; they’ve all been carefully plucked …