Ann Miles Blog

We went for a walk round Aylesbeare Common looking for Dartford Warblers. Very few birds around but a male Yellow Hammer performed well and ...

A couple of sharp images for Ian in agreement that the 100-400 mm can produce very sharp images when performing at its best. See his blog to...

Difficult conditions to photograph but I couldn't resist the patterns of the gulls in the air as they followed the plough

Today was cold and grey in contrast to the previous sunny days. Not a particularly good day for the beach but a few hardy souls were braving...

Some images of Redshank taken in very contrasty light. They were busy displaying and mating with a great deal of noise.

We walked around the Stourhead Estate this morning in beautiful sunshine. This family were worried they would spoil my photo but I assured t...

We stopped near Watlington on our way to Newbury today and spent a while photographing the Red Kites in beautiful lighting. Clouds built up ...

Great to see a hare fairly close from the woodland hide. The holly in the background is a bit distracting but he didn't want to pose any...

Spring is in full flow at Pensthorpe with lots of the birds displaying and mating. There are also the first ducklings around. This is a sad...

Taken with the 100-400 X 1.4. 300 X 2 and 100-400 with no extender. I fear you can see the difference!

We spent a couple of hours yesterday photographing Reed Buntings - always one of my favourite birds and I was not disappointed. Some of the ...

I have missed quite a few days as the Exhibition at Grantchester has taken up all the daylight hours (and more). The weather was not good ...

I used my free return ticket to the Black Country Museum today and the weather was very similar to our last visit in November - very cold, w...

It was particularly cold and wet today so I decided to revisit the New Art Gallery at Walsall, having greatly enjoyed exploring it a few yea...

Spent a while at a captive bird place and decided to concentrate on the various feather patterns. The feathers belong to a demoiselle crane,...

As the weather was pretty uninspiring today, I decided to give one of my under-used toys an outing. By using the lens shifted sideways with ...