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Category Archives: Spring
Strange May…
Snow in May – who would have thought that possible? That is what we had the other day in Manchester during the Champions league semi final and it has been cold in these parts as well but could enough for … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Acer, Blackbird, Bluebells, bulbs, climate change, Collared Dove, Flowers, Robin, snow, Spring, Starling
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On a Lighter Note….
Having commented on the possible cronyism and sleaze at Westminster it is a great relief to get back to much more interesting things – the avian dinosaurs in and around my house. This was an especially interesting few days as … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Spring
Tagged Bird Photography, Collared Dove, Dunnock, garden, Goldfinch, Robin, Spring, Twite, Wood Pigeon
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Covid Bird Watching….
I really don’t know whether it is Covid or just getting old but the thought of going out and capturing bird images is a little bit off of the radar at the moment. Instead I have been trying to capture … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Blackbird, Blue Tit, Covid, garden, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Jackdaw
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Having a Cuppa….
What better than sitting in the garden and having a cup of tea when some friends decided to pop round. No covid regulations were broken in the making of these images.
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Blackbird, Cup of Tea, Dunnock, garden, Photogarphy, Robin
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Not going out….
The days are getting longer and I can now start to sit outside in my garden and watch the world go bye whilst drinking my afternoon tea. That may well be the most cliched english thing I do but I … Continue reading
Posted in Corvid 19, Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Aircraft, Buzzard, Collared Dove, Covid, Dunnock, FedEx, garden, Jackdaw, Robin, Sparrow Hawk
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Spring time ….
Not sure if I’ve mentioned it before but one of the YouTube channels I follow is Gold Shaw Farm. It can get a bit ‘Our Tune‘ at the moment from time to time but on the whole the ducks, chickens, … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Blue Tit, Daffodil, garden, Gold Shaw Farm, Jackdaw, Our Tunes, Robin, Spring, Toby Dog, Vermont
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Goose Porn…
It’s almost 3 months since I visited Abbey Park – can’t think what stopped me taking the short trip. As of today some of the restrictions have been lifted and so I thought that it would be alright for the … Continue reading
Posted in Corvid 19, Photography, Spring
Tagged Abbey Park, Breeding, Canada Geese, City of Leicester, Covid, Gadwall, Gray Squirrel, Noise, Overcast, Spring
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So goodbye spring…it’ll be hard to forget you!
Well that will be a spring that will last long in the memories. Over the last three months I think I have written enough. Lets us just hope that the summer is a lot more uneventful than the previous 3 … Continue reading
Posted in Corvid 19, Ironstone Beniface, Photography, Spring
Tagged Bee, Burrough on the Hill, Flower, garden, Ironstone Benefice, photography, Spider, Spring, Tree
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Garden Bound….
After all the excitement of actually getting out and enjoying the spring weather it was back to the garden.
Posted in Corvid 19, Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Corvid 19, Flower, garden, photography
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Doing all the wrong things…on top of the world…
Over the past few weeks my YouTube feed has been full of photographers telling other photographers how to make photographs. Whilst they do help up to a point all they end up doing is say that you should make … Continue reading
Posted in Corvid 19, Photography, Spring
Tagged Beacon Hill, charnwood Forest, Deep Time, geology, Highland Cattle, Patreon, photography, youtube
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