I had seen this Kestrel a few times sat on top of telegraph poles. I returned when the light was good and waited and it didn’t take long before the bird turned up. I drove past it slightly, so the light would be behind me and illuminating the bird, carefully got out of the Land Rover. As soon as the bird saw me it took flight but I managed to get a short sequence of shots, this being the second one. This was the first day out with the new 7D, the autofocus is superb.

I’d seen photographs of the wrecks on the River Wyre and wanted to try my new 10-22mm lens

This was just a quick grab shot to help identify the bird, I quite like the colours though. Taken on the bridge at Fleetwood Marsh Nature Reserve.

This Nuthatch has been a regular visitor to the garden but capturing it has proved quite difficult.

I could hear it calling in the field just behind the house, grabbed my camera and manage to get a couple of shots.

I nipped down to Hartland Fishing Club to have a look for dragonflies this morning. I found several but this was the first time I’d seen a Golden-ringed Dragonfly and I’m quite pleased with the results.
It’s been ages since I did any photography and was getting withdrawal symptoms. Spending an hour in the garden feeding and watching the birds did the trick.

On Sunday I had a go at photographing the beautiful Red Kites of the The Chilterns. The weather wasn’t kind with rain and drizzle but worst was the bland, white sky:

Location: Multimap
A group of sixteen of us from the Talk Photography forum spent the weekend on Skomer Island off the Pembrokeshire coast. It’s a truly incredible place and photographing the Puffins was a real pleasure. All these photographs were taken at The Wick:
Location: Multimap