Month: October 2016

  • Here comes the rain

    Not a cloudscape today, but the rain that invariably comes from a “nice picturesque cloud”. Thankfully we were sheltered under some trees at this point. #30dayswild

  • Rippled Clouds

    A couple more cloudscapes today, taken after the rain had passed through. #30dayswild

  • Cloudscapes

    Just a couple of cloudscapes today from earlier in the week – you wouldn’t think it was possible to have so many different cloudscapes! #30dayswild

  • Mobbed by Crows

    I hadn’t heard the Buzzards for a while, so I was surprised to hear them calling this afternoon. I don’t know why they seem keen to announce their presence, especially when the crows seem intent on mobbing them! The Buzzard got the idea and flew in the opposite direction, with the crows coming back to land in…

  • Birds of Prey once more

    Mum shouted from the garden that she’d seen a lot of birds of prey circling, but by the time I got my camera ready, they’d flown out of sight. I did however manage to get some blurred photos of one bird: It’s not really close enough to tell, but it could be a Peregrine Falcon although some…

  • Another Bird of Prey

    I always wonder how birds manage to fly so easily when there’s a strong breeze, and today was no exception! I spotted a bird of prey circling and took a few photos, but it was so far away and moving so quickly, you couldn’t identify the type of bird. An hour or two later, I spotted another…

  • Duck! ….No, Pigeons

    There must have been at least 30 pigeons sitting on the grass, and I thought it’d make a great action shot. The pigeons however, had other ideas, content to sit eating while I took photos of them. As I went to walk away, they suddenly all took off, flying over my head to a nearby roof, which…