- Birds -
Below are a selection of my bird photos. These are some of my favourites - a photo that turned out well or one that invokes a memory of a time, a place, or someone I was with.
Common redstart
Common redstart
Black redstart
Black redstart
Black redstart
Black redstart
Black redstart
Black redstart
Black redstart
Black redstart
Black redstart
Black redstart
White-spotted bluethroat
White-spotted bluethroat
White-spotted bluethroat
Wheatear
Wheatear
Wheatear
Desert wheatear
Desert wheatear
Stonechat
Stonechat
Stonechat
Stonechat
Whinchat
Whinchat
Nightingale
Nightingale
Robin
Ring ouzel
Ring ouzel
Blue rock thrush
Hume's warbler
Hume's warbler
Sedge warbler
Cetti's warbler
Cetti's warbler
Reed warbler
Reed warbler
Great reed warbler
Great reed warbler
Common whitethroat
Common whitethroat
Common whitethroat
Common whitethroat
Lesser whitethroat
Willow warbler
Willow warbler
Chiffchaff
Iberian chiffchaff
Yellow-browed warbler
Pallas's warbler
Pallas's warbler
Dartford warbler
Dartford warbler
Dartford warbler
Dartford warbler
Dartford warbler
Grasshopper warbler
Grasshopper warbler
Grasshopper warbler
Grasshopper warbler
Garden warbler
Garden warbler
Wood warbler
Wood warbler
Wood warbler
Goldcrest
Goldcrest
Goldcrest
Firecrest
Firecrest
Firecrest
Firecrest
Pied flycatcher
Pied flycatcher
Spotted flycatcher
Spotted flycatcher
Spotted flycatcher
Bearded tit (reedling)
Bearded tit (reedling)
Bearded tit (reedling)
Bearded tit (reedling)
Bearded tit (reedling)
Bearded tit (reedling)
Bearded tit (reedling)
Marsh tit
Marsh tit
Willow tit
Willow tit
Coal tit
Nuthatch
Nuthatch
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Treecreeper
Red-backed shrike
Red-backed shrike
Great grey shrike
Great grey shrike
Red-backed shrike
Red-backed shrike
Hooded crow
Raven
Raven
Chough
Jay
Jay
Jay
Jay
Jay
Jay
House sparrow
Tree sparrow
Tree sparrow
Dunnock
Bullfinch
Bullfinch
Hawfinch
Hawfinch
Hawfinch
Brambling
Brambling
Brambling
Brambling
Brambling
Siskin
Siskin
Siskin
Siskin
Lesser redpoll and siskin
Lesser redpoll
Lesser redpoll
Lesser redpoll
Linnet
Linnet
Cirl bunting
Cirl bunting
Cirl bunting
Cirl bunting
Corn bunting
Corn bunting
Corn bunting
Corn bunting
Corn bunting
Snow bunting
Snow bunting
Snow bunting
Snow bunting
Snow bunting
Lapland bunting
Lapland bunting
Lapland bunting
Reed bunting
Reed bunting
Yellowhammer
Yellowhammer
Wren
Wren
Dipper
Dipper
Dipper
Dipper
Waxwing
Waxwing
Waxwing
Waxwing
Waxwing
Yellow wagtail
Yellow wagtail
Channel (yellow) wagtail
Rock pipit
Meadow pipit
Meadow pipit
Tree. pipit
Water pipit
Red-rumped swallow
Alpine swift
Woodlark
Woodlark
Woodlark
Woodlark
Skylark
Skylark
Skylark
Skylark
Shore lark
Shore lark
Shore lark
Bustard
Kingfisher
Kingfisher
Kingfisher
Bee-eater
Bee-eater
Bee-eater
Bee-eater
Lesser spotted woodpecker
Wryneck
Wryneck
Wryneck
Wryneck
Wryneck
Wryneck
Wryneck
Wryneck
Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Hoopoe
Barn owl
Barn owl
Barn Owl
Barn Owl
Little owl
Little owl
Little owl
Little owl
Little owl
Little owl
Little owl
Little owl
Little owl
Long-eared owl
Short-eared owl
Short eared owl
Short eared owl
Short eared owl
Short-eared owl
Short-eared owl
Short-eared owl
Short-eared owl
Short eared owl
Tawny owl
Tawny owl
Tawny owl
Cuckoo
Cuckoo
Cuckoo
Cuckoo
Cuckoo
Woodpigeon
Turtle dove
Turtle dove
Turtle dove
Black guillemot
Black guillemot
Razorbill
Razorbill
Puffin
Puffin
Common tern
Black tern
Little tern
Little tern
Little tern
Little tern
Little tern
Forster's tern
Forster's tern
Forster's tern
Forster's tern
Glaucous gull
Glaucous gull
Glaucous gull
Glaucous gull
Bonaparte's gull
Little gull
Yellow-legged gull
Fulmar
Fulmar
Fulmar
Black-browed albatross
Black-browed albatross
Black-browed albatross
Black-browed albatross
Black-browed albatross
Brown booby
Brown booby
Brown booby
Sooty shearwater
European storm petrel
Leach's petrel
Sanderling
Sanderling
Sanderling
Sanderling
Sanderling
Sanderling
Sanderling
Greenshank
Greenshank
Greenshank
Greenshank
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Avocet
Black-winged stilt
Black-winged stilt
Common sandpiper
Green sandpiper
Purple sandpiper
Purple sandpiper
Purple sandpiper
Purple sandpiper
Curlew sandpiper
Curlew sandpiper
Wood sandpiper
Wood sandpiper
Wood sandpiper
Wood sandpiper
Wood sandpiper
Pectoral sandpiper
Pectoral sandpiper
Pectoral sandpiper
White-rumped sandpiper
White-rumped sandpiper
White-rumped sandpiper
Turnstone
Dunlin
Dunlin
Little stint
Ringed plover
Ringed plover and dunlin
Ringed plover
Little ringed plover
Kentish plover
Kentish plover
Kentish plover
Grey plover
Grey plover
American golden plover
American golden plover
Knot
Bar-tailed godwit
Bar-tailed godwit
Bar-tailed godwit
Black-tailed godwit
Black-tailed godwit
Black-tailed godwit
Curlew
Whimbrel
Stone curlew
Stone curlew
Snipe
Snipe
Snipe
Jack snipe
Jack snipe
Jack snipe
Jack snipe
Jack snipe
Jack snipe
Woodcock
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Ruff
Grey phalarope
Grey phalarope
Grey phalarope
Grey phalarope
Grey phalarope
Grey phalarope
Red-necked phalarope
Lapwing
Water rail
Water rail
Water rail
Water rail
Water rail
Little crake
Little crake
Dotterel
Collared pratincole
Collared pratincole
Red-footed falcon
Red-footed falcon
Red-footed falcon
Red-footed falcon
Sparrowhawk
Sparrowhawk
Sparrowhawk
Sparrowhawk
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
Kestrel
Kestrel
Kestrel
Kestrel
Kestrel
Kestrel
Peregrine
Hobby
Hobby
Buzzard
Buzzard
Marsh harrier
Marsh harrier
Marsh harrier
Marsh harrier
Marsh harrier
Marsh harrier
Hen harrier
Hen harrier
Eleonora's falcom
Red kite
Red kite
Osprey
Osprey
Osprey
Osprey
Osprey
Osprey
Osprey
Bittern
Bittern
Bittern
Bittern
Bittern
Bittern
Little bittern
Glossy ibis
Glossy ibis
Glossy ibis with black-tailed godwit
Glossy ibis
Glossy ibis
Glossy ibis
Grey heron
Purple heron
Purple heron
White stork
White stork
White stork
White stork
Black stork
Squacco heron
Squacco heron
Squacco heron
Squacco heron
Squacco heron
(Black-crowned) Night heron
(Black-crowned) Night heron
(Black-crowned) Night heron
(Black-crowned) Night heron
Great white egret
Great white egret
Great white egret
Cattle egret
Cattle egret
Cattle egret
Cattle egret
Cattle egret
Cattle egret
Cattle egret
Little egret
Little egret
Little egret
Spoonbill
Spoonbill
Spoonbill
Spoonbill
Nightjar
Cormorant
Cormorant
Great crested grebe
Great-crested grebe
Black-necked grebe
Black-necked grebe
Slavonian grebe
Slavonian grebe
Slavonian grebe
Slavonian grebe
Red-necked grebe
Little grebe
Great northern diver
Great northern diver
Red-throated diver
Black grouse
Red grouse
Red grouse
Red-legged partridge
Red-legged partridge
Red-legged partridge
Red-legged partridge
Grey partridge
Bewick swan
Bewick swan
Whooper swan
Pink-footed goose
Canada goose
Egyptian goose
White-fronted goose
Ruddy shelduck
Ruddy shelduck
Ruddy shelduck
South African shelduck
Common scoter
Common scoter
Velvet scoter
Velvet scoter
Pintail
Pintail
Pintail
Garganey
Garganey
Garganey
Scaup
Scaup
Scaup
Scaup
Lesser scaup
Lesser scaup
Ring-necked duck
Ring-necked duck
Ring-necked duck
Teal
Green-winged teal
Green-winged teal
Baikal teal
Baikal teal
Baikal teal
Baikal teal
Mallard
Pochard
Ferruginous duck
Ferruginous duck
Ferruginous duck
Red-crested pochard
Mandarin duck
Mandarin duck
Mandarin duck
Mandarin duck
Mandarin duck
Long-tailed duck
Long-tailed duck
Long-tailed duck
Long-tailed duck
Goosander
Goosander
Red-breasted merganser
Red-breasted merganser
Red-breasted merganser
Red-breasted merganser
Red-breasted merganser
Smew
Smew
Smew
While I am outing about on birding walks I often come across other wildlife and it is a joy to see. As I always carry a camera I often take photos of these encounters too - below are some photos of mammals and then insects and reptiles.
- Mammals -
Roe deer
Roe deer
Roe deer
Muntjac deer
Muntjac deer
Chinese water deer
Fox
Fox
Fox
Fox
Fox
Red squirrel
Red squirrel
Red squirrel
Red squirrel
Grey squirrel
Brown hare
Brown hare
Brown hare
Brown hare
Brown hare
Brown hare
Brown hare
Wood mouse
Wood mouse
Wood mouse
Konik pony
Highland cow
Bison
Seal
Grey seal
- Insects & Reptiles -
Migrant hawker
Migrant hawker
Migrant hawker
Brown hawker
Brown hawker
Southern hawker
Black-tailed skimmer
Black-tailed skimmer
Four-spotted chaser
Emperor dragonfly
Common darter
Common darter
Common darter
Ruddy darter
Banded demoiselle
Banded demoiselle
Beautiful demoiselle
Dark-edged bee-fly
Dark-edged bee-fly
Dark-edged bee-fly
Silver-washed fritillary
Large skipper
Common blue
Comma butterfly
Comma butterfly
Small heath
Brimstone butterfly
Wall butterfly
Marbled white
Brown Argus
Green hairstreak
Green hairstreak
Hummingbird hawk moth
Silver Y moth
Red-belted sand wasp
Red-belted sand wasp
Common toad
Sand lizard
Sand lizard
