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Tag Archives: Jackdaw
Yet more Sunshine…
The previous day it was British Airways flying to the United States. Today it was the turn of Air France. Such is life. Meanwhile the real masters of the air are preparing for more important stuff. Spring appears to have … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Air France, Aircraft, Airplane, British Airways, Collared Dove, Contrails, Flight, Jackdaw, photography, Pollution, Spring, Transport
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Creating Content in the Sunshine…
What is a man to do? He needs a large number of digital images to test something. He has already used a number of low-quality Jpegs. Now he needs full fat 61 MP images. He could just run the shutter … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Spring
Tagged Aircraft, Blue Sky, bright spring afternoon, garden, Jackdaw, Red Kite, Spring, Starling
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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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Bempton
It was wonderful to stand on the cliffs of Bempton and take in the fresh air. Of course this was a lot fresher than usual as the wind was blowing off of the land so taking away the normal aromas … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Spring
Tagged Bempton Cliffs, Fulmar, Gannet, Herring Gull, Jackdaw, Kittiwake, North Sea, RSPB
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Girls on Film….
The last few days my old bones have started to stir – the cold autumn chill is slowly starting take hold. Summer is over and to use that well worn cliche: Winter is coming It’ll be awhile before the first … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Gardens, Photography
Tagged autumn, Game of Thrones, Jackdaw, Mist, Quince, winter
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Melting in the heat…
I know this is a view that could get me cancelled (not sure from what?) but I don’t like the summer heat. “Sacrilege”, I hear the hoards shouting. It is an act of faith that we must get out and … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Summer
Tagged autumn, garden, Heat, Hoverfly, Jackdaw, Summer
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There Goes the Neighbourhood….
Perhaps they’re a happy family – it’s just that they’re so loud! Or perhaps they’re a right pain in the neck with the kids tuning on the adults. Either way you know it when a family of Starlings descend on … Continue reading
Posted in Gardens, Photography, Summer
Tagged Bird feeder, Birds, garden, House Sparrow, Jackdaw, Noise, photography, Squabble, Starling, Summer, Wren
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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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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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