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Tag Archives: Blue Tit
Playing Catch Up…
So the theory goes: When you are a pensioner you’ll become ‘time rich‘. I am not sure who might have put forward this theory. Perhaps no one – just something I’ve thought up! (The one thing I do know is … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Spring
Tagged Bird Photography, Blue Tit, Building, Calke Abbey, Dawn, Garden Centres, hipstamatic, iPhonography, Jackdaw, National Trust, photography, Robin, sunrise
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Gloomy days ahead…
From the freezing blast of full sun we’re now back to standard winter fare…gloomy gray days. Perhaps the only good thing is that as everyday passes we get around 1 minute extra sunlight per day. This lead me to sit … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Winter
Tagged Birds, Blue Tit, Gloomy, Jackdaw, Reed Bunting, Robing, Sony 200x600 mm Lens, Sony A7CR, Starling, winter
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More Testing…
Every now and then we all experience a moment of clarity. A moment when many things we had been struggling with just came together. Afterwards life would not be the same again. Today I might have experienced such a moment. … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Winter
Tagged blog, Blue Tit, Calke Abbey, camera, cameras, Canon, Derbyshire, Goldfinch, Gray Squirrel, National Trust, Nuthatch, photography, Red Deer, Robin, Sony 200x600 mm Lens, Sony A7CR, winter
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Nature plays by its own rules….
It is time that the latest brood of Blue Tit chicks that have been produced in this nest box to fledge. The parents have been patiently coaxing the chicks out of the only world they have ever known for the … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Blue Tit, Chicks, Fledge, nature, Nest Box
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Bird Song
As I prepare this for publications my world is surrounded by birdsong. There are far worse background noises in the world at the moment.
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Birds, Blue Tit, garden, Great Tit, Magpie, photography, Spring, Starling
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Sitting in the Garden…
I know all these empowering guru suggest that you should grab the day, get out an see the world or whatever passes for inspirational nonsense at the moment. Well I say nonsense. You can’t beat just sitting in your garden … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Birds, Birdsong, Blackbird, Blue Tit, garden, Greenfinch, Robin, Spring, Starling
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Round, Round Round…
There was a time many years ago that I could set my watch by the RAF. 14:55 hrs every weekday, the RAF at Cottesmore* didn’t fly on weekends nor bank holidays, three tornadoes would come shouting up the Mease valley … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography
Tagged A10, Bird Photography, Blue Tit, Cold War, F15, F16, Feral Pigeon, garden, photography, RAF Cottemsore, Starling, Wood Pigeon
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Strange Old Day….
Most of the day I’ve been trying to capture the resident Wren singing and failing spectacularly! I know this sounds paranoid but I could swear they little bugger is doing it on purpose…in fact I write this I can hear … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Summer
Tagged Blue Tit, DSLR, garden, Greenfinch, photography, Sony 200x600 mm Lens, Sony A7 R Mk 3, Starling, Summer, Wildlife Photography, Woodpigeon
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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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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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