

Rat Update
It looks like the local rat may be nest building! I was watching it this week seemingly collecting twigs and dead leaves and scurrying...


The Farne Island Part 2 One Good Tern Deserves Another (2)
As you make your way up through the Arctic Terns and out on to the top of the island you soon come across a small colony of Sandwich...


The Farne Islands Part 1 Arctic Terns
It's taken me a long time to get round to writing about my trip to the Farnes last year but finally the images are all processed!!! I'm...


Hey Rat Fans
To be perfectly honest rats were never on my list of animals to photograph and in fact they're not an animal I ever give much thought to....


Picture of the Year 2016
Happy New Year This is one of my favourite pictures from last year and one which proved popular at my exhibition. I hope you like it.


Boxing Day Bonanza
With every tree stripped bare down the road it was unlikely that I was going to see any waxwings on my doorstep, however a brief chat...


Berry Christmas
I'm still spending time watching the birds strip the berries from the trees and over the last couple of days the Fieldfares have arrived...


If a Committee Designed a Duck
Every time I see a male Mandarin duck I imagine it being dreamt up by a committee of bewhiskered Victorian gentlemen, all of whom had to...


Summer Visitor Staying for Winter?
I read awhile ago on the RSPB site that Blackcaps were being seen more and more overwintering in the UK. I just assumed it would be down...


The Framing of the Shrew
I've had the title of this blog drafted out since I first spotted a shrew under the bird feeders at work. It was definitely something I...




























