A Pot Full of Grey Wagtails
Pelargoniums aren't the first place you'd think of if you were trying to locate the nest of a pair of grey wagtails. Thankfully, this pair in Northumberland don't think like this and have successfully raised a brood of chicks this year. It certainly makes nice photographs! Nice floral arrangement [...]
Tour de France 2014
Sky's Geraint Thomas time-trials the 20th stage (and a couple of weeks later, wins gold in the Commonwealth Games road race) I’ve fallen head-long in love with Le Tour. This has surprised me as, in years gone by, I’ve thought of the world’s highest profile cycling race as [...]
Flight of the Hummingbird
July 2014 cover - my green-breasted mango hummer! Did you know that hummingbirds can fly sideways, backwards and even upside down? And that they effectively go into hibernation every night to save energy? Hummingbirds are among the most colourful species in the wild kingdom, yet far from easy [...]
Red Kite Mosaic Greetings Cards
I'm delighted to announce that eight of my recent red kite mosaic pictures are to be used to produce greetings cards to raise money for radio-tagging of the kites. Friends of Red Kites (FoRK) commissioned me last year to take photos of a huge mosaic red kite next to several [...]
Costa Rica 2014 Part 3
[iq-testimonials-page id='4'] Long-billed hermit hummingbird. No, it's not a seahorse Parts 1 and 2 were about getting some images out into the world after my recent photography trip to Costa Rica. Of course there are lots more images here too, but I think it's [...]
Award-winning seal!
Here's my second Highly Commended image from the Audubon Society of Greater Denver's Share The View competition! It's on today's competition front page. The first Highly Commended image was a red deer stag (see below). This young grey seal was lying contentedly on Longstone Island at Northumberland's Farne Islands in [...]