photographs: people, places & things
Garden pictures: insects and our frequent Goldfinch visitors It seems to me that the slow and almost no existent start to summer has had an impact on the number of insects that we might normally expect to see at this time of year. Despite that it’s always worth a wander in the garden to have […]
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In the garden with the Canon EOS 90D and Sigma 105mm macro. One of the great things about macro photography is that you don’t really have to go far to practice. My previous blog post featured macro photography from the back garden and this post continues with that theme. As well as the macro pictures […]
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Sparrowhawk: grisly food chain and the cycle of life The last time I wrote about a Sparrowhawk visiting our garden was back in June 2021. On that occasion the Hawk that had landed was using our garden fence as a convenient place to eat the lunch they had caught and killed. But a hawk in […]
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Yarrow Valley Country Park – a fine place to visit A few months ago, round about November I think, we visited Yarrow Valley County Park, and it’s fair to say we really enjoyed it. The County Park is managed and run by Chorley Council and spanning some 700 acres it really is a decent size. […]
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An enjoyable Autumn walk at Reddish Vale Country Park One of our local parks is the Country Park at Reddish Vale. For one reason or another it’s been a few months since we were last there but we remedied that earlier in the week. It’s near enough to where we live and in fact is […]
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Visiting Arnside & Leighton Moss The last time we had been at Arnside together was in August 2020, and we managed to make it back there in Spring of this year. It’s only now in September that I have had chance to get this blog post sorted. A little bit overdue Arnside really is a […]
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Swallows nesting and feeding The last time I posted pictures of swallows was after we had taken a walk down the River Weaver and see them at the Vale Royal locks. Just a few days ago my wife caught sight of swallows swooping to and from a nest high up the side of a local […]
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Black headed gull – it’s not a seagull Probably the easiest way to identify the difference between a gull and a seagull is simply to look at its size. Seagulls are normally much bigger than gulls and the beak of a seagull is a little curved.The gulls beak is actually more pointed than that of […]
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Lots of activity in the garden It’s that time of the year when there is lots of activity in the garden from the new baby birds, and it’s that time of year for them to leave their nests and start to make their own way in the world. In the last few weeks our garden […]
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Jay – picture post from Scotland I posted previously about a recent trip to Scotland when we spent time in St Catherines in Argyll and Bute on the Cowal peninsular. We stayed in a quiet and fairly isolated cottage, nestled in an area of protected forest and close to the shore of Loch Fyne. This […]
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