Ann Miles Blog

Spring is in full swing at Slimbridge - the Jackdaws were all busy collecting nesting material, while the Sedge Warbler, Chiff Chaff and Wil...

I got as far as Gloucester last night on my way to lecture to Torbay Photographic club tonight. Unfortunately the sunset wasn't as good ...

A quick call in at Paxton on way to Devon to check on Nightingales and, yes, they have arrived in numbers now (we counted 6 singing birds al...

Today, there was blue sky and sunshine, which helped the birds against the sky giving more colour and contrast but made them more difficult ...

We visited Watlington Hill on the way to talk at Wallingford Photographic Club and the Red Kites were in superb form. The first image was on...

We went in search of Nightingales as they had been reported singing at Paxton. No luck on Nightingales but the light was beautiful so more i...

Yesterday was CCC's Points of View day, when last year's winner sets five topics to photograph in a given place and time. I was unl...

Some experiments on the shutterspeed needed to stop the wing movement in the Bee Fly. These were taken at 500th, 1600th, 2500th and 5000th o...

A beautiful warm day today certainly gave the birds something to sing about. The Blackcap (possibly two) was in full song in our lane along ...

Three more Black-headed Gull images from Sunday that I liked.

A first visit to Paxton Pits this spring and certainly spring is well underway there. The Black-headed gulls are busy fighting and mating, C...

Geoff showed us around the stud in Newmarket where he looks after the stallion. The foals wer adorable as always. I concentrated on closeups...