Some odd bits

bank vole

i had my good friend Ben round one day when we took pictures of redpoll to my delight he spotted a bank vole nipping in and out of a shed to snatch food from under the bird feeders . we got some pictures of him as he was running up and down the compost heap and in the grass , i had an idea to put an old rusty pipe down and get him to run up and down it.

Ben furthered this by creating a set with some moss and some ivy ...... i will let the pictures tell the rest of the storey.

Stunning redpoll

These were shot in low light conditions and i hope he comes back in the light but what a stunner!!

Red fox

Fox

I have been using an old camcorder with a nightvision mode to get footage of a fox that visits my garden i will upload a couple of short clips in the next couple of days along with the bank vole pictures and videos.

Redpoll...tastic

So i mentioned seeing some redpoll visiting my garden for food well i was in with some luck mainly in the form of best friend ben who came round to do some photography..... And he bought some wonderful luck heres the pics

reliant robin ....not the car

hanging on the handle

Great tit

Goldfinch

Robin

Blue tit

A new project

Robins and Dunnocks little birds that have big personalities , i have been feeding them mealworms and what makes a better picture than a robin on the handle of a spade or fork.

Another shot at the goldfinch

So round two , i have an image i really want to get with these and step by step i think i will get there so i hope you keep coming back to look.i hope they stick around this year as they bred in the garden last year and would love to see more of them.

New garden tick

A really fine looking male Lesser Redpoll, these were taken from a fair distance so not brilliant photos but a nice little record for the garden. Hopefully it will stick around and i can get some better images.

More rail shots

I hope that they stay around for a while there are now two on the river and they are right little characters , brilliant birds that i hope to spend more time on.

kingfisher

my first pics from the kingfisher perchs i have put up it was a little dark!!!!

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I took this video by using a small camcorder and leaving it in place .

working on the water

So after seeing the water rail for a few days running i have decided to keep th food going in and try my luck with a couple hides . these are my results so far i need some better light and i hope to get some better shots.

a few bits from january

ok its a bad photo but it is the first water rail in my garden so it is going on .

A very misty morning but very atmospheric i thought

a slow start this year but not through lack of trying very weird mild weather has made nature not as usually confiding as you would imagine for this time of year .....