Calling Crow
There’s a Carrion Crow on this security floodlight on my local industrial estate. I can just see it as I poke my …
There’s a Carrion Crow on this security floodlight on my local industrial estate. I can just see it as I poke my …
On my walk through the local industrial estate I spotted a Magpie. I thought the complexity of this graphic image was just …
I love collecting books. There’s a lifetime of escaping to alternative worlds within the covers of a good book. One of the …
I’ve just picked up the third volume of the Ladybird Book of British Birds and their nests from the 1950s again. Today …
There’s a Common Sandpiper on the River Teign. I can’t get close to it, though. I had much better views previously: I’ll …
I’ve not been out of the house for a few days. I’ve been sitting in listening to the spout of water coming …
There are puddles all along the footpath on the River Teign past the scrap metal works. This male Blackbird is making full …
The territorial squabbling continues: It’s nearly frisky time for this Robin. And it needs all the neighbours to know about it. What …
On a previous walk through the industrial estate I met a couple who said they’d seen a Buzzard at the waterworks on …
A Dunnock babbling is a beautiful sound.
The reflections of the bridge across the River Lemon make wonderful dancing patterns around this Black-Headed Gull.
There’s a plant I think I recognise on the industrial estate. It’s Butterbur; except it isn’t. The flowers look right but they’re …
This year I haven’t been able to travel onto Dartmoor to see the Daffodil display at Dunsford Wood. They grow in profusion …
Gulls always look great against urban backdrops and bright colours. I photographed Herring Gulls on Bristol’s docks and loved the results. In …
There’s a Jackdaw on the picnic lawn at Decoy Country Park. They’re endlessly entertaining, intelligent and wary. I’m waiting for it take …
This is one of my favourite photographs: Why? I like the shape of the body against the negative space which surrounds it …
Old Man’s Beard is a plant I’ve never consciously seen in flower before. I’m determined to look for it this summer. I’ve …
As we walk through the industrial estate I see a small, very cute, brown face with whiskers staring out of the undergrowth. …
Beautiful, isn’t it? Recognise it? It’s Ivy. It flowers when little else does and provides an essential stop-gap of nectar. It has …
We amble down to Newton Abbot Quay. There’s a raucous squabble under the bridge as Black Headed Gulls compete for food. “Look …
Here are a couple of photographs of a Common Whitethroat, Curruca communis, which I took last summer. It’s a chunky warbler with …
We’re at Newton Abbot Quay again for a daily walk. Something has to be done, given the amount of pasta we’re eating. …
We’re back in the tiny scrubby woods for our daily walk. It’s full of litter. Imagine a world where every sip and …
There’s a small group of Long-Tailed Bushtits calling overhead. They’re vibrating a ‘Tseee-Tseee’ call amongst the empty branches as they move through. …
I’m tramping through scrub on a path used by dog walkers and alienated teenagers. It’s only rubbish which catches my eyes and …
The Puffin Whisperer comes back from a walk and turns the back of her camera towards me to show me a bird …
Beak deformities are quite common amongst birds. This Woodpigeon has crossed mandibles. I’d expect it to interfere with eating but it doesn’t …
It seems that only one day in every seven is sunny at the moment. And the days are short. So I’ve got …
On my walk I grabbed a few shots in passing of glorious catkins in warm evening light. It’s reassuring to see trees …
One of the most common fungi in UK woodlands is The Blusher. I’ve just found this photograph I took of one back …