Birds in the Snow

The Robin

I must have hundreds of photos of Robins but who can resist them?

Owl

500mm Mirror lens, but it still had to be enlarged a lot.

First of the Year

The first day of the new year and the first bird photos.
Our most common friends the Blue tit and Robin, a few crumbs and they are ready to pose.


Images captured this afternoon.

Roe Deer

Taken this morning Tamron 300mm lens.

Winter

Winter is here and it looks like a bad one. Rain, rain and more rain. Today there is a 'Severe Gale Warning' and rain.

A rare sight, that bright ball in the sky, unfortunately it is setting so say goodbye, I hope you return soon.

Still plenty of chances to catch a few wildlife pictures. Here is friendly Blackbird.

Muddy Path. A shot done with 'Lens Baby'

Blue Tits

Due to the very wet summer breeding figures for our common Blue tits is down over 50%. Time to start putting the food out to make sure the survivors make it through the winter.

Disturbed Sleep

A slow and carefull walk in the thick of the woods rewarded me with this shot.

The young Roe Deer was enjoying a afternoon nap and I just managed this shot with a 400mm lens before it was up and away.

At the same location about half an hour later. This time with a 200mm lens and flash fill in

Autumn colour

Badgers

I have spent some long nights watching Badgers and trying to get good photos of them.

Battle scarred Badger

Wet Badger. After bothering to set everything up a little rain doesn't bother me or the badger.

The Badger set
There are a number of problems trying to photograph Badgers. One of the hardest is focusing in the low level of artificial light you set up. A fast lens is needed. The Badgers don't bother about flash units going off and even get used to the noise of the shutter. They will tolerate a certain level of artificial light but soon vanish if they see movement or pick up a scent.