The Gambia February 2012

Photographs from a recent Limosa tour to The Gambia.

Yellow-billed Kite (Milvus parasitus)

Yellow-billed Shrike (Corvinella corvina)

Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea)

White-crowned Robin-chat (Cossypha albicapilla)

Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)

Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinica)

Senegal Thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis)

Black Kite (Milvus migrans)

Beautiful Sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus)

Green Monkey or Callithrix Monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus)

Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis)

Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)

A visit to London

resulted in a few shots of these Rose-ringed or Ring-necked Parakeets.

Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)

Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)

Always great to see these birds, and on the doorstep too. As usual a nightmare to photograph well, despite their tameness. They are often obscured in the tree, usually on the furthest side to you (not surprisingly), light not right, except in someone's garden, the no-no of having a long lens in an urban setting etc etc.

Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)

New app for iphones/ipads

Great to see my photographs used in this iphone/ipad application. Click here.

Western Sandpiper Cley NWT Norfolk December 2011

Can you spot it? (Bottom right hand bird)

Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)

National Trust 'Wildlife Walks for Photographers'

Photographs from the National Trust course 'Wildlife Walks for Photographers' based at Brancaster Staithe. For details of this year's course please click here.

Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus)

Teal (Anas crecca)

Pale-bellied Brent Geese (Branta bernicla hrota)

Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

India November 2011

More photos to be uploaded soon, when they get edited. All taken on Limosa Tour to India.

Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris)

Painted Grasshopper (Poekilocerus pictus)

Dhole (Cuon alpinus)

Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)

 Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristata)

Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta)

Little Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)

Spotted Owlet (Athene brama)

Crested Hawk-eagle (Spizaetus cirrhatus)

Greater Painted Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)

Indian Roller (Coracias benghalensis)

Northern Palm Squirrel (Funambulus pennant)

Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus)

Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus)

Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya)

Siberian Rubythroat (Calliope calliope) formerly (Luscinia calliope)

Peacock Pansy (Junonia almana)

Siberian Rubythroat (Calliope calliope) formerly (Luscinia calliope)

Daurian Shrike Horsey October 2011

Couldn't resist popping out to see this tame one.

Daurian (Isabelline) Shrike (Lanius isabellinus isabellinus)

Daurian (Isabelline) Shrike (Lanius isabellinus isabellinus)

Portugal October 2011

Taken on Limosa tour to Portugal October 2011

Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)

Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)

Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii)

Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)

Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)

Cory’s Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)

Italian Locust (Calliptamus italicus)

Broad (Scarlet) Darter (Crocothemis erythraea)

Egyptian Grasshopper (Anacridium aegyptium)

Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis

Red-veined Darter (Sympetrum fonscolombii)