I took the camera outside into the garden today hoping to get a few shots of birds without the disadvantages of glass and shooting from upstairs at a distance. The results were brilliant, so much clearer and most of the birds are quite unafraid. The Starlings and Robins are the first to ignore me, followed by the Chaffinch and Goldfinches but the Sparrows seem to spook each other and won't venture onto a feeder whilst I'm there. I just wish I could photograph outside all year round but I feel the cold so I'd shake all the time in inclement weather!
Most of these images were taken with the cat on my knee, so it's a wonder I managed not to shake the camera. Every time I crouch down he comes running up wanting to sit on me.
Sunday 26 April 2009
Wednesday 22 April 2009
Monday 13 April 2009
Yesterday I went for a walk along part of the Tarka trail (also a section of the South West coastal path) for a few miles and took some photos of the estuary on one side and mixed scrub, fields, marsh etc. on the other.
The Taw estuary.
The path is quite busy with lots of cyclists and walkers.
A stream going into the estuary.
Lots of birds on the mudflats. These were mainly gulls - Herring and Lesser Black Backs with lots of juveniles.
This was flock of crows on a sandbank with the gulls in the distance. They were definately crows, not rooks as I photographed some in a tree that were about to join the rest.
Curlews.
Curlews.
Wednesday 8 April 2009
They're back again.
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