Wicken Fen in Soft light

Perfect weather for getting the feel of Fenland in winter with the Konig Ponies and Roe Deer blending so well with the soft colours while the Marsh Harrier looked very much at home quartering the reeds. Unfortunately there was a definite lack of close birds and the hoped for Owls and other predators did not fly for us. However, the RPS Nature Group members  and Paxton volunteers were great company for the day.

Short-Eared Owls in the Frost

There were three Short-eared Owls at Welney on Wednesday - we saw them briefly in the morning quite close as they exited from their roost area. Later we enjoyed watching them quartering Lady Fen at a distance. but still unmistakable

Norfolk Windpumps

This is the final set of 'windpump' images taken with a wide-angle (10-24mm lens) and a graduated neutral density filter plus 10-stop ND filter in most cases. Exposures range from 1 second to 60seconds in the white house on blue water. I captured the one ray of sunshine that day as it illuminated this house.

Wicken Fen RPS Visit

I kept my 100% record of interesting weather at Wicken Fen for RPS Nature Group visits with high winds, magnificent clouds and even a rainbow. In between this we managed some interesting birds. Some of the group got some great shots of the Hen Harrier female and Little Owl - mine come in the 'record' category! There were also fighting Coots, Kingfisher, Heron etc but all these at a 'distance'

 

Swans Awake at Welney WWT

We were very fortunate to have a beautiful sunrise for our early visit to Welney Wildfowl Trust reserve at Welney. We arrived just as the sky was lightening with a beautiful pink glow. As the sun came up the colours changed from pink to orange to blue. It was wonderful to see and hear the Bewick Swans as these are so much shyer than the larger noisier Whooper Swans (the two in the foreground of the second image)

Frampton Marshes Landscapes

The overcast conditions at Frampton on Tueday suited landscape photography very well bringing out the subtle tones and colours