There is a height marker in the river and as you see the water level is almost to the top at 7 feet. In Brookside the river has broken through and flooded all the way to School Lane. All the warning signs are a bit redundant as noone can walk or drive this part.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Floods in Toft
After a day and night of heavy rain the road into Toft is flooded and closed. However, a number of motorists take no notice - ok if you have a land rover and if something doesn't come the other way
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Travelodge Series
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Swedish Town in Blizzard
I did not take a note of the name of the town with the excellent cafe for tea and it was only when I downloaded the images from my compact that I realised that I am missing a whole batch of images that I took on my 5D in the town. The most likely is I reformatted and overwrote the files but I have done a recovery on all the cards and found no trace of them, which is unusual as a few usually survive underneath. Hey ho - definitely the images that got away as those that know me will know that these were my perfect photography conditions.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Two-barred Crossbill
This was for me the best bird of the trip as it was a new one for my list and is such an intense colour. We waited for quite a while in a blizzard for it to appear at a garden bird table. I managed to get this one while it was perching in the apple tree. Pretty noisy as it was getting late in the afternoon and therefore I had to use high ISO but I like the atmosphere of the low light and snow
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Saturday continued
Saturday's Birdwatching
Saturday was another snowy and very cold day (minus 15 degrees) but, undeterred, we went off to a forest feeding site to look for Nutcrackers. A lot of other woodland species use the feeding station (Crested Tit, Willow Tit, Nuthatch, Tree Creeper illustrated) but we were rewarded with views of the Nutcrackers though they appeared more interested in courtship than food
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Three-toed Woodpecker
Today we made an excursion into some local woods to look for the three-toed woodpecker. The snow was much deeper than in normal years so I decided to stay back a bit and concentrate on the snowy forests rather holding everyone up. However, Daniel soon came back to tell me that the woodpecker had been sighted and was very close. So I made my way through the snow to meet Michael, the local expert on woodpeckers, and he kindly helped me through the waist high snow to get photos of the bird really close. I have a lot more images of this little woodpecker but, with a quick look, I chose this one as his beak is free of background distractions.
Closer Waxwing
Birdwatchers
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Bird Watching Trip to Sweden
I am on a birdwatching tour to Central Sweden run by Nature Trek. We flew out of Heathrow at 7.15 am, which meant a very early start today. We were met at the airport by our guide Daniel Green (see his blog listed opposite). Our first stop was at an area good for Hawk Owls and certainly one was spotted a long way in the distance. The rest of the group decided to cross the very snowy fields to try to get a little closer but I took a walk along the road and was rewarded with a very good view of a White-tailed eagle as it passed over my head.
We then drove to our accommodation for two nights at Svartadalen and on the way stopped to view a small flock of Waxwings.
We then drove to our accommodation for two nights at Svartadalen and on the way stopped to view a small flock of Waxwings.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
More blurry trees
Monday, February 15, 2010
Trees from the Travelodge
Friday, February 12, 2010
Corsac Foxes at Hamerton
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Maned Wolves at Hamerton
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Pram
Sorting through photos for a new photographic talk, came across this one taken in Brighton in 2002. The West Pier is still there (just visible behind the Palace Pier); ther was a serious fire there a few years ago and now only a skeleton remains.
Very surreal image as no signs of the baby or the pram pusher!
Monday, February 8, 2010
A Couple of Lion Pictures from Woburn
Woburn Safari Park did not open the drive through part till around lunchtime as it was too foggy for the Rangers to see the gates and any animals that might be attempting a breakout with the cars.
When we did get in the mist made for very attractive backgrounds though the low light levels meant using high ISO settings. Need a bit of 'gardening' to remove stray twigs in top image.
Long-tailed Tit
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Strolling along
Monday, February 1, 2010
Almost monochrome
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