Leighton Moss RSPB - 3rd July 2010

A trip to Leighton Moss RSPB, Lancashire proved to be worth a visit, as these Dragon flies kept landing near me. I have looked on the net to see what species they are, but was unsure as to what they are.If anyone knows what they are, please let me know.

They were taken with a Canon 1Ds MKII with a 100-400mm lens at the 400mm end of the lens.

Scotland at Fort George 6th June 2010.

Here are a series of Oystercatchers I took during my visit to Fort George, Scotland. I know it was a Fort and these are birds, but I couldn't help myself. If there are birds about you will find me there. They were taken looking over one of the walls, while I was looking for Dolphins and captured looking through quite long grass. This enabled me to get the grass thrown out by picking the middle auto focus point on the bird, no other focus points were used. This made the grass close up, next to and behind the bird out of focus creating this, what I think is a great effect.













I tried the same thing here with these two Gulls, but not quite as good.





Here are some shots of Dolphins that I managed to get looking over the wall




Quite how this Dolphin did this with it's tail, I do not know.

Chanonry Point, Scotland - Sunday 30th May

We went to Chanonry Point for half an hour, just to see if the Dolphins were coming in with the tide. This is the first time I have ever photographed Dolphins from the shore. It is very difficult to actually capture the Dolphins jumping up out of the water. When you look with your eyes, as appose through your lens, they jump up quite often, the moment you look through your lens, you can see them jumping up somewhere else, this you can see in your peripheral vision.I'm sure they know you have your lens aiming at them. Anyway, those are all excuses for only getting these shots below.

Inner Marsh Farm RSPB - Saturday 22nd May

Walking down to the hide, this Little Egret flew over head. This is the only shot worth putting on, as all the other birds were too far away.

Connahs Quay - Sunday 16th May

Another trip to Connahs Quay Nature reserve provided me with yet another memory card full of Black Tailed Godwit. So as not to duplicate a previous blog entry, I have only uploaded a few images.

Conwy RSPB - Saturday 8th May

I am now playing catch up with this blog, being so far behind with my diary. I hope to be totally up to date in the next few days or so.Anyway, here are a few shots of some Goslings I took on that day.

Sunday 2nd May - Connahs Quay Nature Reserve

A trip to Connahs Quay Nature Reserve was the order of the day to photograph Black Tailed Godwit. The tide was in when I got there and all the Godwit were on the fresh water pond over the banking, away from the Dee Estuary. There is a little island in the middle where what looks like 500 Black Tailed Godwit sit, as I know now, waiting for the tide to go out, and out it went. With approx 50m of the mud flats now showing, the Godwit's took flight and my god what site that is.How they new the tide had gone out to the distance it had, is beyond me. They put on a great aerial display before landing on the flats to feast.The way they all turn at once and at such great speed is amazing to watch. I took a series of shots during the day of the black tail's and various other birds and Rabbits which I thought you might like to see.

Black Tailed Godwit



Black Tailed Godwit



Black Tailed Godwit



Black Tailed Godwit



Black Tailed Godwit



Black Tailed Godwit



Black Tailed Godwit



Black Tailed Godwit



Wheatear



Wheatear



Wheatear



Wheatear



Rabbit



Rabbit



Rabbit



Rabbit



Whimbrel - as identified by Matt Latham



Male Chaffinch



Canada Goose