| I've also been doing a bit of local birding, mainly attempting to photograph recently arrived Spring migrants. This Nightingale was quite obliging: |
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| This singing male White-spotted Bluethroat showed very well at times (if a little distantly for photos), first thing in the morning at Welney WWT. I should be on Lesvos right now (the trip delayed due to that ash cloud) but this made up for some of the irritation. Click here or on the image below for more: |
| I have recently returned from a 2 week trip to Northern India, following another long period of inactivity this winter. India was excellent, with c.380 species seen as well as Tiger, Asian Elephant, the Taj Mahal etc. Many images to appear on the site soon! The only images taken locally have been those from a feeding station in my neighbour's garden. The Goldfinches have probably been the highlight so far. Several Bullfinches have been lurking in the area but have so far failed to come to the feeding station. |
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| Cape May, New Jersey, USA Added - 28th December 2008 |
| Apologies for the recent lack of updates, but here is a sizeable chunk of images to (hopefully) enjoy! I spent the best part of 3 months from late July to mid-September on the east coast of the USA, based at the famous migration watchpoint of Cape May. I struggled to get good images of the warblers, but the waders certainly made up for it. Click on the Purple Martin or Black Skimmer images below for the USA 2007 page, over 270 images of 70+ species added: |
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| The Gambia, West Africa 28th November-12th December 2008 |
| I spent an extemely successful 2 weeks of photogaphy with Bill Baston in The Gambia. Over 450 images of 110+ species added: |
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| Lesvos, Greece April/May 2009 |
| Another enjoyable Spring trip to Lesvos. New stuff added to the Lesvos page, click on the images below for more: |
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| British Birds Bird Photograph of the Year 2009 August 2009 |
| I was thrilled to find out that I had won the 2009 British Birds Magazine Bird Photograph of the Year competition, with the image below - a couple of sparring Glaucous Gulls, taken in Dingle Harbour, Co. Kerry in February 2008. This is the first time I've entered such a competition, so was obviously delighted when I found out the result! Congratulations to all the other shortlisted photographers. |
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| Above: The Napi Valley shortly before sunset |
| Above: Red-rumped Swallow |
| Above: the view from Ipsilou Monastery |
| Above: just a few of the more colourful beasts encountered in the Gambia |
| Above: me (left, in the blue Blackadder t-shirt) photographing a Marabou Stork colony with some new friends |
| Above: the view from the room at the Senegambia Hotel |
| February 2010 update |
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| April 24th 2010 |
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| A range of images from Northern India are close to being ready to upload, so watch this space! |
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| Back in January/February I visited Northern India, with well over 350 species of birds likely, and of course the added bonus of Tiger. Please click on any of the images below to visit the Northern India pages. Enjoy! |
| June 13th 2010 - Northern India images finally uploaded! |
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| Bengal Tiger |
| Corbett National Park |
| Spotted Forktail in the Himalayan foothills |
| The Taj Mahal |
| Ibisbill |