Friday, November 24, 2023

RSPB Titchwell

Although a wet day was forecast, we actually only had one very short shower at lunchtime while we were eating lunch inside the visitor centre and the afternoon was fine with good skies and light. Apart from the Snow Buntings, other species included Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit, Sanderling, Goosander, Little Egret, Linnet and Teal

Thursday, November 23, 2023

Autumn Colours at Brandon

In the 5 weeks since my last visit to Brandon, the autumn colours have developed and are now at the height of their saturation before the leaves all drop. Here are some straight shots and various multiexposure techniques including two Pep Ventosa trees.

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Flight Shots at Hunstanton

 I spent some time on Saturday at Hunstanton trying to get flight shots of the various birds there especially the Fulmars. The light level was low with the cloudy conditions so high ISO and difficult to get high enough shutterspeeds  but it did allow detail in the whites and certainl;y gave the camera a task to pick up the birds against backgrounds

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Snow Buntings

 It is not often that a species gets a blog to itself but the Snow Buntings at Titchwell on Sunday occupied us for much of the morning and were a delight to photograph as they lured us further and further along the beach. Difficult conditions as there was a very strong wind so sand was blowing up and sometimes obscuring the birds. I like the three birds with recession in the second image and the last image would make a very tricky jigsaw!

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Bird Species at Hunstanton

Hunstanton certainly produced the full range of species so some 'record' shots from the day - some from a bit of a distance but good to see the here, anyway, the ecosystem if in balance with plenty of food for them all. Species Brent geese, Oystercatcher,Redshank, Sanderling, Starling, Turnstone,Curlew, Knot, Black-tailed Godwit, Bar-tailed Godwit, Black-headed gull, Herring Gull. Little Egret, Fulmar and Grey Plover.