Little Terns in Rough Seas

 The colony of Little Terns at Winterton looks to have done OK this year though there are young yet to fledge and the present  very windy weather presents a challenge to learning to fly and fish. The temperature and rough seas were more reminiscent of a day there in November than July. The Little terns looked so small against the giant waves and even the seals were dwarfed by the rollers. Juvenile Terns and Ringed plovers hunkered down in the sand to brave out the winds'

Life in a Barley Field

It was cold and breezy for out RPS Nature Group visit to Strumpshaw - not ideal for dragonflies or flying insects so we struggled in the morning to find good subjects for our macrophotography. In the afternoon some of us visited a local barley field which was sheltered from the wind and full of insects. here a few more successful images among quite a few more!!

Lakenheath Birds

Great day   at Lakenheath RSPB reserve yesterday  in the good company of  RPS members with lots of sightings of Hobby, Bitterns, Great Crested Grebes, Little Grebes, Marsh Harriers and Kingfishers.

Welney Macro Day

Yesterday, we ran a macro day at Welney WWT for 12 RPS members. We started by photographing the moths from the overnight moth trap. People including me tried focus stacking though the light was pretty low. We then went out on the reserve finding various insects to photograph either on single shots or Focus stacking as in this selection. The first comparison image show in-camera stack on right and a Zerene software stack on left using only images with somehing sharp. which prevents the fuzzy edges.

July 7th Local Wildlife

This is probably the largest Flower Spider I have found locally and certainly one of the most colourful. The garden is full of young spiders and insects including this year's host of Cinnabar caterpillars making short work of the ragwort flowers (we have plenty!!), the Green Shieldbugs that have hatched from their eggs and starting to explore and a young Red Plantbug. Two interesting Gall-forming Flies, Pondskater and a green-eyed Chrysopilus fly complete the line up.