Golden hour
It’s a gorgeous sunset. The sun is setting over Lake Kerkini and I have several thousand more images on my new memory …
Evening light on the snowy mountains
The Dalmatian Pelicans of Lake Kerkini are certainly photogenic. So is the Lake and the surrounding landscape. Perhaps the most important thing …
Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow
I’ve tried long exposures to get blurred photographs of birds before. I love the technique if it works. Just look how epic …
Its beak can hold more than its belly can
Pelicans love fish. They’re very fish-motivated. They’re also quite fish-competitive. These three Dalmatian Pelicans are in a fish-battle for fish-supremacy. Only one …
A strange bird the Pelican…
For my trip to Greece to photograph the Dalmatian Pelicans of Lake Kerkini I did what you should never do as a …
Dalmatian Pelicans on Lake Kerkini
I’ve just spent a week in Greece and Bulgaria in a group of six people taking photographs of the wildlife there. I’ve …
Curious Guillemot
This Common Guillemot is curious about the boat we’re on as we go past it in Lyme Bay. It’s ready to dive …
A shake in turquoise
There’s a Great Northern Diver in Brixham harbour. It’s been floating and preening for a while now and I’ve been waiting for …
Blue Lotus
Along the Nile and through North Africa and beyond, the Blue Lotus flowers above the water, its roots deep in anoxic mud. …
Black-Tailed v Bar-Tailed
Black-Tailed Godwits are wonderful birds. Here are some in flight over the River Exe. Black-Tailed Godwits are often confused with Bar-Tailed Godwits …
Uria aalge
There’s a Common Guillemot, Uria aalge, flying past. There’s a colony perched on a rock in Torbay and they fly regularly across the …
I have so many questions about this…
Take a look at this Avocet flying by. Have you seen the state of its toes? Covered in brown mud? That, however, …
Snoozing Diver
There’s a Great Northern Diver in Brixham harbour. I climb down the slippery stone steps to sea-level and perch as low as …
Grey and Red
Devonian Red Sandstone – it’s red, it’s stone made out of desert sand, and it’s found in Devon, as well as elsewhere. …
Shag braking
It’s not just how fast you can fly – sometimes it’s how fast you can stop. Here’s a Shag putting on the …
Red-Throated Diver in Torbay
It was a thrill to have a distant view of a Red-Throated Diver flying fast and low over the sea in Torbay …
Peregrine Falcon
What a thrill to see a Peregrine Falcon flying over the cliffs in Torbay. Especially in such beautiful weather. Peregrine Falcons are …
Mud and Bar-Tailed Godwits
The Bar-Tailed Godwit, Limosa lapponica, is a large migratory wader. Calling them migratory is one of the world’s greatest understatements. One of …
Red-Breasted Mergansers
There’s something comical and slightly zany about Red-Breasted Mergansers. Just look at that feathered crest: There are a few birds on the …
The duck that says cryc
Isn’t this female Teal a stunner? The iridescent green colour of the speculum on the wing feathers is breathtaking in this sunshine. …
Eurasian Curlew
Here’s a big beautiful Eurasian Curlew flying past our cruise boat on the River Exe. Whenever I hear the word Eurasian in …
Avocet flypast
I find Avocets so exotic I’m still partially resisting the idea that they actually exist in my life. Just look at how …
Kingfisher on a boat
We had a wonderful time at the weekend on a Stuart Line Cruises guided birdwatching cruise out of Exmouth. The firm are …