A Heather Lintie at the Castle o’ Burrian
Twite are such beautiful birds. Their subtlety is exceptional, with the softness of their stripes and the paleness of their beaks. It’s …
Twite are such beautiful birds. Their subtlety is exceptional, with the softness of their stripes and the paleness of their beaks. It’s …
A Scootie Allan attacking a Mallimack. An Arctic Skua attacking a Fulmar. A Stercorarius parasiticus attacking a Fulmarus glacialis. Dramatic, isn’t it, in …
I love Herring Gulls. Amazingly their UK conservation status is red. That’s because their breeding population keeps declining, and so does their …
I’m fascinated to see this Herring Gull going through a moult into adult plumage. You can see it better in this view: …
There’s a Common Guillemot on the waves. It’s having a little spruce up. Nesting in a colony is a great idea if …
Can you see this Gannet’s blinking its third eyelid, its nictitating membrane?
That reminds me, I must clean my glasses from all that sea spray.
There’s a stowaway on board looking for an easy fish. Who can blame it?
The Great Black Backed Gull is the largest gull in the world. We’re aboard the Kelly’s Hero on a cruise out of …
This Grey Seal is clearly feeling a little snoozy as it rests its blubber on a pontoon in Brixham. If you’re trying …
There’s a never-ending battle going on in the meadows and on moorland of Dartmoor. It’s Cuckoo versus Meadow Pipit. The Meadow Pipits …
As I arrive in Broken Tower Meadow in Rome a group of Starlings scatter from their fossicking in the meadow. This one …
I can see a bird of prey high in the sky. I don’t recognise it, so I train my lens on it …
It’s a hazy day in Matera and the sun is already high in the sky when we see a procession of Black …
There are butterflies galore in Broken Tower Meadow, il Pratone di Torre Spaccata. Here’s one. I think it’s the Eastern Dappled White, …
I wish we had Owlflies in the UK. They fly like a combination of dragonflies and butterflies, and perch with their massive …
There’s what looks like a Transparent Burnet moth, Zygaena purpuralis in the park. The larvae feed on wild thyme, which is exactly …
Wandering the ancient pedestrian streets of Matera in the heart of the Medieval village is a fabulous experience. There are stone troughs, …
It’s been a wonderful few days in Matera, but it’s time for us to go back to Rome. What an incredible place …
I still can’t stop laughing at this photograph of a Serin, Serinus serinus, in Matera What a face! He’s a male, with …
We’re in Matera to see the Lesser Kestrels. We’ve booked the room in the hotel which has three small terraces and the …
I love seeing the Swifts swirling overhead in Matera. There are screaming chases, flights which end in mating while clinging to buildings, …
We are in the oldest continuously inhabited city on Earth, Matera in Basilicata in the south of Italy. It’s possible to walk …
The rocks are massive, towering over nearby trees, and giving glorious glimpses of turquoise seas far below.
As a child I saw a Spotted Flycatcher. I was thrilled and went back home determined to draw it from memory. I …
There’s a bird I think is a Common Whitethroat, Curruca communis, in the bushes here in Capri. The light here is so …
Today I’m determined to get some decent photographs of Spotted Flycatchers. We’re on Capri for a few days and I have a …
It’s early morning when I look out of our hotel window in Capri and see a raptor above the trees. I grab …
We’ve driven from Rome to Napoli, have abandoned the car and caught a ferry to the island of Capri for a couple …
In the UK the species Trichodes alvearius and another, the Bee-Eating Beetle, Trichodes apiarius, “Have not been seen since the 19th century and are likely to be extinct.”
We’re walking in Broken Tower Meadow, il Pratone di Torre Spaccata when the Puffin Whisperer says “Gruccione”. I recognise the name. It’s …