While I was hoping to photograph a Wren, I was instead blown away by the colours of autumn. All the background colours are the product of berry rich hedges and autumnal leaves. These rich colours occurred in the late afternoon when the perch was in the shade so I had to use a bit of fill in flash. Nature constantly amazes me with its beauty. #BlueTit #Robin #Autumn

My teething troubles continue with the new DSLR camera trap setup. Every manner of technical feckwittery has befallen me, resulting in me missing images of the local foxes and badgers in a snowy woodland. My final effort did catch some badgers on Saturday night but snow had blown on to the aperture of the camera housing ruining the images. Thankfully, I was able to spend a few hours staking out the bird feeders and managed to capture some unusual seasonal visitors such as t

Must admit I'd rather hoped to be photographing some mammals this weekend, but the weather was pants, especially for standing around on river banks. Instead I took refuge in the kitchen window at work where I have many bird feeders situated but also from where I'd seen spectacular views of foxes and muntjac deer the day previously. I had no luck with the foxes or deer but instead captured some lovely images of the birds including my favourite, the Bullfinch, as well as the b

I'm in the process of preparing a new camera trap site for badgers and foxes which is looking quite promising, but in the meantime I've been enjoying seeing a couple of pairs of Bullfinch visit our feeders at work. At times we've had 5 Bullfinch visit at the same time, 2 pairs and a spare male. One of the interesting sights was a Blue Tit with a malformed beak. The poor little guy seems to have a slight cross bill which has prevented the tips from wearing against each othe

....... Until the Fox returns :) Had a nice Saturday with old friends photographing birds at a site with dedicated photography hides. Unfortunately the weather was not great and light conditions were pretty appalling all day, particularly when we were with the Kingfishers. Many of the hides have a blank screen in the background behind where the subjects appear. When the lighting is good it can produce some striking images but in poor light it produces a dull aqua marine co