Anti-Brexit March4Europe

Yesterday Sarah Latham and I joined tens of thousands of people of every age and origin in London protesting about Brexit. There were very many banners giving people's views on why the decision should be reconsidered. Quite a few dogs joined the march along with puppets, balloons and a huge range of wonderful costumes. The policemen appear to be holding the Remain balloon strings - no doctoring of the image but it wouldn't take much! All shot with my new 27mm Fuji lens which is a very small pancake so ideal for this job.

Jesus College Cambridge Open Sculpture Exhibition Part 1

A taster for the many sculptures on display at Jesus college. We visited on a dull and often rainy morning so have given a general sombre feel to the photos. Further to follow but here we have Mortal Man by Evelyn Herring, Bronze Horse by Barry Flanagan, Call it Hadrian's Wall by Geoffrey Clarke, Untitled Roger Hiorns, two not listed on sheet, Spire by Diane Maclean and Empress by Danny Lane. More to follow plus further details.

Miscellany from Lacklford Lakes Suffolk

The Migrant Hawkers were very cooperative - hovering in front of the hide. Despite the intermittent rain showers, there were quite a few insects around. The Black and Yellow Hoverfly is particularly attractive.

Kingfishers - Star Performers at Lackford

We decided to get to Lackford early, though we were certainly not the first by a long way in the hide. We had some early sightings of the female (last four images - red under the bill) consuming a dragonfly larva. just as john and Christine turned up,  a wonderful display by a young male who repeatedly flew and settled on all the perches around the inlet. He dived a few times (missed those!) and looked extra good with water droplets. Flight shots not quite sharp but show the action.

Wasp spiders Doing Well at Paxton Pits

Great to see a species doing well in a local reserve. During an afternoon walk round only a small part of the reserve, I encountered three of these colourful spiders at very different locations. Not easy to photograph as usually in brambles and nettles but a very colourful and striking subject 

Close Formations in Poor Flying Conditions at Shuttleworth

By the afternoon, the weather had deteriorated further with thick clouds and increasing winds but the planes that did take to the air gave great displays including the Avro Tutor and Tomtit who often looked a little close for comfort. Taken at between 250th and 400th sec shutterspeed on FujiXT-2 depending on speed of aircraft to get blurred propellers but forgot one essential when doing moving propellers and that is not to use electronic shutter. You can see the curved prop well in the Mustang.