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Category: Natural History

Naturelog: 4th February

The weather this morning could not have been more different to yesterday. Crisp and clear and with the sun shining. … More

Black-Tailed Godwits, common snipe, Robin, Teal

Naturelog: 3rd February

Not an auspicious start to our trip to Dorset as it poured with rain from the time Sue and I … More

Hawfinch

Naturelog: 1st February

A west London trip, primarily to catch up with the American Horned Lark which has been seen at Staines on … More

Horned Lark

Naturelog: 26th January

Keith and I spent the day in Gravesend, a town of the south bank of the Thames estuary in Kent. We … More

Gravesend, Redshank, Ruddy Turnstone, Wren

A Penguin comes to call

They weren’t expecting this to happen   https://www.aol.co.uk/video/penguin-makes-surprise-visit-to-antarctic-research-boat-5a601eee55935e038850cfb8/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Cdl_lnk1%26pLid%3D236637499_uk    

Penguin

A TOUCHING SCENE, BUT WHY? — Towheeblog

1-20-18 I got this image of two Acorn Woodpeckers touching beaks. Was this an adult and young so long after … More

Acorn Woodpecker, Black-Tailed Godwits

Highlights of 2017: Skies

Regular readers will know that I love photographing skies particularly at sunset and I saw some wonderful ones in 2017

Sunset

The perils of a wildlife photographer

This is an amazing video of the interaction between a photographer and sea-lions off the coast of British Columbia in … More

Sealions

Highlights of 2017: Marsh Warbler

Continuing on from the theme of yesterday. The trip Keith and I had to Minsmere (and those wonderful Bitterns) was … More

Marsh Warbler

Highlights of 2017: Bitterns

Another of my 2017 highlights has to be the views we got of Bitterns this year, especially at Minsmere.

Eurasian Bittern

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