Norfolk Bird and Mammal Report 2014

Pleased to see that this juvenile Little Owl has been given a full page in the latest Norfolk Bird and Mammal Report - always a great publication and always a boon to have a picture published in it.

More owl pics on this link...

As seen on Unsprung

Taken last year in north Norfolk this photo shows Brent Geese flying 'through' a rainbow.  

This is one of two images that were chosen for Chris Packham to critique during the final Unsprung show of Autumnwatch 2015.  Other than a minor quibble regarding a stray bird (which is a gull, natch) he described it as both 'good' and 'pretty good' which for him is quite a smooth ride!

Amateur Photographer Online Picture Of The Week

This week the good people at the longest running and the best weekly photography magazine in the world have decided that their favourite photograph is my shot of a Merlin.  And who can blame them?

You'll find it on page three on the current issue dated 31 October.

I get a nice print for the privilege too.

Some more Merlin shots

BBC using my photo to promote Autumnwatch!

More Merlin

Merlin

More of this to come...

Leucistic Carrion Crows

It is not unknown for Crows to demonstrate the effects of Leucism.  Perhaps, like Blackbirds, it shows up more because they is black.

This year my patch has had some Carrion Crows raise a brood.  Don't know where exactly and they may have done this before but I hadn't noticed to be honest.  My 'patch' is a disparate area that isn't always accessible and I tend to focus my attention on a particular species that the regular reader of this blog will know all about.  This year however, the Crows have produced a brood of three, and two of them are showing Leucism that is almost identical and pretty distinctive.

They've been displaying this from when they were much browner but I haven't been able to get a lens close to them.

Who needs a fancy Flycatcher when this kind of quality is going on?

Winterton Bluethroat

After 30+ years of waiting, and several unsuccessful attempts, I have finally clapped eyes on a Bluethroat.  Admittedly, it doesn't have much of a blue throat and it loved the late evening shade so the ISO is a bit toppy for photos, but its performance was described as 'immaculate' by a 'Birder'. Not a photographer, who described it as 'too close' and told it to go away.  As I have said before, twitchers are nuts.

However, if you want to see the best photo of this bird you need to click on the word here - here

Splashy not doing splashy

This particular groyne configuration is known to many, and often lends itself to very splashy photos.  Especially when the Turnstones move in for the winter.  In order to illustrate this, I have not done that.