Kingfisher photography

The Northern lapwing

Buzzards

End of Lockdown

The newspapers say Boris gave a confusing message. I was not confused. I can go out for as much exercise as I like and use the car to get there. I do not need to worry about social distancing. I will meet nobody. No more daily posting. Back to the occasional entry. I was up

Little-ringed plovers

39th day of lockdown.

Tiger at Bandhavgarh

38th day of lockdown. This is another slide scan so I have no exif data, but I seem to remember it was taken with the 70-210 F2.8 Canon lens, so very close. Our guide and driver had taken us to a more remote part of the park, pulled up by the side of a track

The Beginning, the middle and the end

37th day of lockdown.

Glossy ibis with a leech

36th day of lockdown. This is taken from a lie down hide in the Danube Delta in Romania. I was on one of Saker tours trips in a boat, which are excellent, but asked the guide to leave me in a small bay for half a day with a hide. It was not really a

Buteo Photo Hides

35th day of lockdown. The Buteo photo hides have now become my “go to” hide. Very well designed.          

Kingfisher

34th day of lockdown. I have photographed Kingfishers many times and this shot is so similar to one I took many years ago. It was easier to get however as I assume I used Procapture and did not have to press the button until after the bird had landed. The reason I do not know