Second Visit to the Red Squirrels Isle of Wight

We made a second visit to the Red Squirrel location that we enjoyed so much on our first day and were rewarded with beautiful light and equally beautiful subjects to photograph. My favourite image is with the light through the background trees

Garden and Local Birds

Our Dunnocks are paired up and displaying while a pair of Blackcaps come to our feeders. Already Bluetits are inspecting the nestbox. A Buzzard regularly uses the fallen stump in the field next to the house along with a Jay. The Stonechat may be passing through as not seen before.

Paxton Pits Cambridgeshire

Not a lot to photograph this morning at Paxton and light poor so some photos at 3200 ISO but still enjoyed recording Dunnock, vocal Heron, Grey Wagtail, two Hoverflies, a Waxcap and Gadwall and Teal ducks.

Dunnocks in Full Song

We took Phil's new lens for a trip to Wicken Fen this afternoon. This Dunnock was singing repeatedly from a ground level perch - in contrast to the one taken on the Exe Estuary that inconveniently sang from a skyline twig. As the lighting conditions were very different it is quite difficult to compare Phil's 400 mm prime (first two images) with my 100-400mm zoom. More tests to follow - or perhaps not as it is not always wise to compare lenses - just enjoy the moment.