Well... it's finally here... I write this on the Vernal Equinox...longer evenings beckon, balmy summer nights etc... etc... so let's have some weather to go with it... welcome the birds back from Africa, the insects back from their crevices/eggs/pupae or whatever and let's see some life back in this land... Welcome SPRING...
Yet another good weekend last week with a Sunday picnic in the garden, plus some weeding and the grass getting its first cut of the year.. still managed to find time to capture...
Daffodil...against the blue of a spring sky...
The day's eye (Bellis perennis)... often overlooked but a delightful plant in our lawns and grasslands...
22-spot ladybird, just resting on a leaf...
Whilst crawling around taking these.. I found this...
Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)... great little plant that is part of the buttercup family even though the structure of the flowers and form of the leaves have nothing in common with the 40-odd other species of buttercup we have in the UK. I am really pleased with this image and even more pleased to find that..
THIS FACEBOOK PAGE is using a version of this image as their header for a week... go and have a look and see which one you like the best...
I didn't manage to get out and about until Wednesday, where I found these...
Grape hyacinths (Muscari armeniacum) - one of the first signs that spring is well and truly on its way... I feel these are garden escapes as the genuine wild ones are pretty rare and have fewer blue bell-like flowers...
So after that... I found out that I had placed in the top 6 in a black and white nature photography competition on line - no prizes just the kudos that the organisers liked this image...
Garden hellebore...
Another thumbs up for my style of nature photography... With all this praise (?) I was tempted to revisit the fen and my favourite feeding station...
Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)...
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)... male
Long-tailed tits (Aegithalos caudatus) perched above and collecting nesting material below...
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) - leucistic form... commonly seen around this bird feeding area at Wicken Fen... despite the lack of pigment in his feather he is a handsome fella...
On the way out of the house I was taken by some bleeding hearts in our front garden...
I have a meeting arranged for Monday with a company who may need some images for their new website - which is something I am looking forward to and what I'm looking for now is a model... I need someone who wants some pictures taking... so any of you out there need some shots, just let me know...
Updates as ever can be found HERE of if you don't Facebook you can see up to date images HERE so there is no excuse for not keeping up to date...
I shall leave you with this guy...
Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Hope you all have a good week and have enjoyed these...
TTFN
Yet another good weekend last week with a Sunday picnic in the garden, plus some weeding and the grass getting its first cut of the year.. still managed to find time to capture...
Daffodil...against the blue of a spring sky...
The day's eye (Bellis perennis)... often overlooked but a delightful plant in our lawns and grasslands...
22-spot ladybird, just resting on a leaf...
Whilst crawling around taking these.. I found this...
Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)... great little plant that is part of the buttercup family even though the structure of the flowers and form of the leaves have nothing in common with the 40-odd other species of buttercup we have in the UK. I am really pleased with this image and even more pleased to find that..
THIS FACEBOOK PAGE is using a version of this image as their header for a week... go and have a look and see which one you like the best...
I didn't manage to get out and about until Wednesday, where I found these...
Grape hyacinths (Muscari armeniacum) - one of the first signs that spring is well and truly on its way... I feel these are garden escapes as the genuine wild ones are pretty rare and have fewer blue bell-like flowers...
So after that... I found out that I had placed in the top 6 in a black and white nature photography competition on line - no prizes just the kudos that the organisers liked this image...
Garden hellebore...
Another thumbs up for my style of nature photography... With all this praise (?) I was tempted to revisit the fen and my favourite feeding station...
Blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)...
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)... male
Long-tailed tits (Aegithalos caudatus) perched above and collecting nesting material below...
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) - leucistic form... commonly seen around this bird feeding area at Wicken Fen... despite the lack of pigment in his feather he is a handsome fella...
On the way out of the house I was taken by some bleeding hearts in our front garden...
I have a meeting arranged for Monday with a company who may need some images for their new website - which is something I am looking forward to and what I'm looking for now is a model... I need someone who wants some pictures taking... so any of you out there need some shots, just let me know...
Updates as ever can be found HERE of if you don't Facebook you can see up to date images HERE so there is no excuse for not keeping up to date...
I shall leave you with this guy...
Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Hope you all have a good week and have enjoyed these...
TTFN
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