CRUFC Hold onto the Lead in Tough Game

Cambridge scored 28 points in the first 15 minutes and then struggled for the rest of a very physical  game to win 28-22. Much of the game was spent on the ground or arguing with the referee!!

 

Watching the Skies - Radiotelescopes at Barton Cambridgeshire

Another impressive cloudscape day yesterday so visited the radiotelescope dishes at Barton. Mostly LR conversions but will try them all in SilverEfex sometime to give even more drama. Last image 7 vertical shot panorama.

Royston Heath

Some wonderful skies on a walk across Royston Heath yesterday morning. The skylarks were out in good numbers which is great to see and hear. Not so many golfers had braved the frosty conditions but it certainly is a course with a view.

Toft Mud, Wood and Potholes

The mild wet winter has resulted in good winter wheat growth generally but some very muddy fields, early catkins and daffodils, vibrant lichens and some very large potholes in our lanes in Toft

Garden Bird Count in Toft Cambridgeshire

We did the RSPB Garden Bird count on the 31st January and recorded a record number of goldfinches in a single flock for the year - 22 goldfinches lined up to visit the feeder. We also had 3 Bluetits, 4 Great Tits, 3 Greenfinches, 4 Chaffinches, 1 Blackbird male and female, 5 Jackdaws, 2 Rooks, 5 Pheasants, 3 Woodpigeons, 2 Collared doves, 1 Robin, 2 Dunnocks, 7 Long-Tailed Tits. If we include the field by the house  2 Buzzards feeding on worms, and c. 50 each of Fieldfares and Redwings). Posts a bit slow at the moment as ploughing through a mound of paperwork to claim for the items stolen from may car last week and repair to the car. Hopefully back on track soon!!

Gulls and Ducks at Fairburn Ings

Last images taken with my 7dii and 100-400mm lens on Wednesday before they were stolen on Thursday in Cambridge. The light at Fairburn Ings at lunch time was beautiful so decided to test the focusing etc of the lens/camera combination on the gulls and ducks that hang around the boardwalk waiting to be fed before going down to Spalding to lecture in the evening. At least one of the Black-headed Gulls was going into summer plumage and it was good to be able to record the juvenile yellow beak and legs.

Beechwood Hanger in the Rain

Although raining fairly heavily, Jane and I decided on a walk in the Beechwoods off Wort's Causeway to try a bit of creative camera movement and double exposures. The woods are incredibly green with moss and lichen after all the rain and the mild winter. Unfortunately the afternoon ended with the discovery that my car had been broken into and the my Canon camera gear (taken just the Fuji), laptop etc had all been stolen from the boot. As I was on my way back from a lecturing 'tour' I had more with me than usual though everything of value was stowed in the boot. However, there is always access via the back seats. A reason to have a saloon not hatchback next time! To add to the problems of sorting it out, my passport, marriage certificate and various other official documents were in the boot as I had been to the bank to help sort out a locked Camera Club account on Tuesday before leaving for Yorkshire.