RSPB Leighton Moss

RSPB Bempton Cliffs

While I waited for the Barn Owls which never show this turned up and landed on the gate just as the sun was setting.

It's all going on in the stream....

Another welcome visitor to Pegwell-Bay

Sefton,Merseyside.

Using the cameras 4 X built in converter so the picture was taken at 2000mm . Wish it had been closer 😪

This tiny bird was in Tentsmuir forest this morning.

Thanks Steve for the heads-up on this. The wide screen version can be found in comments below. :@}

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Peekaboo! A young Roesel’s Bush Cricket, or rather first instar nymph, (I believe this is the term), perches nonchalantly on a grass stem. I first discovered these as adults for myself last year on my local park and am very happy to see them again this year; they are absolutely stunning creatures and are well worth getting on your hands and knees to look for in areas of ungrazed, undisturbed grass; they favour damp grassland and meadows. The nymphs emerge May/June and they can be seen as adults until about October. The name comes from August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof, a German entomologist - their scientific name is Metrioptera roeselii.

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This bonnie lad was in Tentsmuir forest on Tuesday

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Gannet incoming - Bempton Cliffs - Esast Yorkshire

Hurstwood

A stunning male Redstart in Pal-y-cwrt in Carmarthenshire. A great place to see them.

A lovely Welsh Red Squirrel in one of the forests of Anglesey taken in Spring 2023.

bristol 2019. fox in the snow.

Featured on springwatch!

Series of two from last night's Springwatch. I nearly fell off the sofa last night when this clip came on. I thought, I recognise those cliffs! Springwatch had said they may use some of my videos but did not tell me what, where or when, it could have been on Facebook, YouTube or the programme. Only the opening sequence of the cliffs is mine (Splash Point at Seaford).

I always get a warm fuzzy feeling when Springwatch uses one of my pics :-)

(Edit: still available as below but now also on iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08fgr1j - the timings are different as they've edited out a few minutes of filler before the the live stream starts. Beaver at 05:55, Graham's water vole macro (!) at 08:25.)

To see the segment, go to www.facebook.com/BBCSpringwatch/videos/677683076140900/ and watch from 11 mins 40 secs. Then go to 14 mins 20 secs for one of Graham's! (Or just watch all of it of course.)

North Cave Wetlands

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Female Goosander.

I was thrilled to have been contacted by the BBC Springwatch team this year, informing me that one of my images would be used across social media and presenter cards. For those who know the UK, Springwatch is a somewhat of an institution for nature lovers, and captivates the nation over a short 3-week period each year. Here's one of the presenters with a rather nice card backer :)