Fulmars from Iceland

Another of the Iceland species processed. The Fulmar was in great numbers there, giving us the chance to get a good variety of shots. From them soaring around cliff tops, to a large group of them squabbling at a water outlet from a fish factory, and close up of them perched. Most poses were covered. 59 of these images now added to my main website - http://stevenround-birdphotography.com

Harlequin Ducks from Iceland

I'm still fighting a losing battle with my backlog of images, but aim to have a real push at clearing a good chunk of them throughout the winter. Hopefully, plenty of blog posts will follow over the next few months.
I start with a few of the 44 Harlequin Duck images I have added to my site. These were taken in Iceland last year. This is one of the main species that birders go to Iceland to see. They spend the summer on fast flowing rivers which makes them tricky, but fun to photograph. Especially when they disappear in the rapids to come up 50m or more downstream.

 

Great Crested Grebes

Here are a few images of Great Crested Grebes, taken back in March. It's often difficult to get right down to water level to get the shots that I like to achieve, but this site allowed me to do that. With the distant reedbed giving a lovely contrasting colour to the deep blue water, these shots are just what I wanted.

Mallorcan Waders

Back in April I spent a week on the island of Mallorca in Spain. Having been there quite a few times, I had a few species that I wanted to get better shots of. At that time of year you never know what you could find, with migration in full swing from Africa.
I spent quite a bit of time at the S'Albufera Marsh, in the north east of the island. It's a very large reserve with a great amount of birds. No two days are ever the same here, with something different to see on each visit. This post will show some of the wading birds I saw at the reserve.

Little Ringed Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Black-winged Silt

Black-winged Stilt

Green Sandpiper

Greenshank

Purple Gallinule

Purple Gallinule

Common Snipe

Spotted Redshank

Chatting on the Moors

I have spent some time recently on the moors in North Wales. Two of the typical moorland species I've been photographing are Stonechat and Whinchat. This is an ongoing project with lots more images to come, here are a few taken so far.

Male Stonechat

Male Stonechat

Female Stonechat

Female Stonechat

Female Stonechat

Male Whinchat

Male Whinchat

Male Whinchat

Female Whinchat

Female Whinchat

Female Whinchat

Marsh Tits

The Marsh Tit is a difficult bird to find and photograph in the north west of England. A few weeks ago I spent a day at a location I have been to a few times over the years, trying to photograph them. There only seemed to be one pair, but that is all I needed to get some decent shots. Now I need to get the same results with Willow Tits.