My Favourite Images (4)

Part four of the series of some of my favourite images.

Kingfisher
These next two images were taken in my woodland garden where there is a small river. I know that to have Kingfishers in your garden might seem perfect but it is not as ideal as it sounds. They are very occasional as they breed much further upstream, I have spent many days sitting in my hide without any results and I haven't seen or heard any this year at all. I am always listening out for them though and will be straight down to the hide when they return.

Kestrel
I was very fortunate with this lovely male bird. It allowed me to get very close for some nice shots.

Jay
The perfect lighting on this close up was enhanced by the reflection of the water in a bird bath which it was perched on the edge of.

Lapwing
A difficult subject to get good flying shots of due to their flight being very erratic. This is probably my best effort as it was large in the frame giving good detail.

Insect Close Ups

A few more macro images from the last week.

Digger Wasp

Honey Bee

Greenbottle

Hoverfly

Hoverfly

Daytime Visitor

The Fox has been coming for food scraps again in the garden. As it is a paved area that it comes to and not very photogrenic I thought I would concentrate on some head shots.

Yellow-legged Gulls

The evening light throughout the week on our Mallorca trip provided us with great opportunities for flight shots, the low sun really enhancing the colours. One of our target species was the Yellow-legged Gull, armed with bread we found a great location for them. I even sacrificed my cake when they had eaten all the bread, but it was worth it for some nice images.

Curlews

I'm getting some nice suprises as I dig through my hard drives. Here are some of the Curlew shots taken over the last few years.

Puffins

I'm working my way through a huge back-log of images and decided that I would set myself a target of having 10,000 images on my main website by the end of the year. This will take a bit of doing but I am finding plenty of unused images hidden away on my hard drives. These Puffins are a typical example, taken over two years ago. 

Whinchats

Earlier in the year I spent several days in North Wales photographing Whinchats. I had never had much luck with them in the past, so I made the most of the opportunity to get plenty of shots of a nesting pair that were feeding young.