Northumberland trip

Farne Islands and around

Puffin (Fratercula arctica)

Eider (Somateria mollissima)

Fox (Vulpes vulpes)

Bird survey work

While sitting quite still for up to three hours, some wildlife can come close, even by intensively farmed crops.

And amazingly you can, if you're lucky, stumble across the odd Orchid or two, flowering in a set aside strips, while carrying out a breeding bird survey.

European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus)

Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)

Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)

Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)

Photographs from a Limosa tour to Lesvos/Lesbos Greece April 2012

Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla)

Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)

Cyprus March 2012

Photographs from a Limosa tour to Cyprus. 

Please email if you think I have made any ID errors. Thanks.

White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)

Early Spider Orchid  (Ophrys sphegodes mammosa)

Kotschy's (Cyprus Bee) Orchid (Ophrys kotschyi)

Starred Agama (Laudakia stellio cypriaca)

Woodcock Orchid species (Ophrys flavomarginata)

Levantine Spider Orchid (Ophrys levantina)

Umbilicate Woodcock Orchid (Ophrys umbilicata)

Mount Carmel Orchid (Ophrys attica)

Gladiolus species (Gladiolus trifolius)

Persian Sowbread (Cyclamen persicum)

Rüppell's Warbler (Sylvia rueppelli)

Little Owl (Athene noctua)

Coues's Arctic Redpoll

The Redpoll flock at Kelling would come in really close...provided you were still and quiet.

Coues's Arctic Redpoll (Carduelis hornemanni exilipes)

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)