Archives for January 2015

Fieldfare

January 31, 2015 by fred Leave a Comment

It`s always nice to get a bit of snow. Here in Buckinghamshire we had a little bit of the white stuff . It lasted 5 minutes and it was gone.

I had placed a few apple in my garden. A fieldfare was eating one of the apple this morning. I went and sat in my hide and took a few shots.

I wish we had more snow!!!! It is easy to take picture of wildlife in the snow!!

Frederic

Hare Paradise

January 26, 2015 by fred Leave a Comment

Last Thursday , we had a massive hoar frost in Buckinghamshire.

It was A CRACKING morning…It was cold and beautiful. Next best thing would have been snow…

Every time I go to “my” hare paradise , I never know what I am going to come across . It is always a surprise…

Here are a few shots of that incredible morning…

Frederic

I could not find any hare to place in the picture…so I took the picture of a sheep.. 🙂 🙂

Then, I came across Hares…

Male hare running full throttle after a female

Hare and sheep

Hare boxing in hoar frost…

I also came across a Chinese water deer. …

It was a very successful morning to say the least.

Woodland hide.

January 25, 2015 by fred Leave a Comment

What a morning I just had! The bastard drain was blocked! I had to rod the drain for one hour to get rid of all the sh…! Always nice to do this first thing on a Monday morning! Great, it made my day!!

Anyway, Yesterday I had a cracking time at my woodland hide. They was lot`s of birds…

Frederic

It was nice to get more than one bird on the rowan branch….

Brown hare and Chinese water deer….

January 21, 2015 by fred Leave a Comment

While I took some pictures of partridge …I also took pictures of brown hare and Chinese water deer….The meadow was white because of the frost and I had a cracking sunrise.

It`s a shame that we have not got any snow in Bucks. I love snow, it is so photogenic….

Frederic

It was cold!

Chinese water deer at sunrise, Nice ambiance

This is my favourite.

Grey partridge

January 20, 2015 by fred Leave a Comment

This morning, I had an incredible encounter with a flock of grey partridge….

Frederic

Some were sleeping in the meadow, look at the frost on the back of the bird

Some of them were displaying

Look at this male surrounded by female….lucky him! 🙂

Woodland hide

January 19, 2015 by fred Leave a Comment

Yesterday, I went to my woodland hide . At the moment, There is lot`s of birds . Nothing really “Rare” but very beautiful none the less.

I had several visit from four different great spotted woodpecker, Tits were in and out all the time….

Frederic

Sometimes they was lot`s of tits on my fence….

A robin made a quick appearance…

Great spotted woodpecker…always good looking….

Morning snow storm

January 17, 2015 by fred 2 Comments

This morning, I was at my hare paradise. I was in the middle of a snow storm. It did not last very long. The light was incredible. very dark and bright. Storm Light , the best!

When this happened, it usually does not last for very long….I have to find things to place in the foreground! And quickly!

At first, I took shots of sheep and after 10 minutes I came across a Brown hare….Beautiful…

The whole storm lasted 15 minutes and it was all over…

Frederic

The only shot of brown hare that I took….

More ducks

January 13, 2015 by fred 2 Comments

While at Slimbridge, I had the opportunity to photograph other duck. Slimbridge is probably one of the best place in UK to photograph ducks in flight.

Frederic

Those tufted duck are flying like bullets…

Sometimes they land just in front of you. It is a incredible spectacle to watch!

Bewick`s swan

January 12, 2015 by fred Leave a Comment

Last Sunday, I decide with my friend Dave to go to Slimbridge. They had forecasted a sunny morning. And sunny it was. I witness a cracking sunrise. I love swan. Especially Bewick`s and whooper.

The light in the morning was superb and I was lucky to get a few pictures…

Frederic

It is always magical to see big groups flying away in the morning light…

Fog….

January 5, 2015 by fred 2 Comments

Happy new year!

Yesterday (Sunday) I decided to go to my “Hare paradise” It was very fogy. When I arrived there I really thought that I was wasting my time. Well I was wrong!

Every time I go to that place I always get something special. It was an incredible day…….in the fog….

Frederic

When I arrived at my hare paradise, this is how foggy it was.

I could barely see a hare run…

Sheep were coming out of the fog. they were like ghost

Then, I came across my first hare…

It was very frosty.

Then , I came across another hare

One hare was walking under a fence in the fog…

A great big tree had fallen.

Chinese water deer were there too….I came across this male. he was not afraid and was eating in front of me. About 20 metres away. It was beautiful

Look at his teeth!

Suddenly, out of the mist I came across 15 grey partridge. Usually they would fly away. Well not here. They were feeding 6 metres in front of me. Taken with 70-200mm

This one with the 500mm