A number of people have been intrigued about this mythical lake that I seem to disappear off to week after week. The main question that...

A trip to the RSPB reserve at Minsmere wasn’t ‘mere’ in any way. It isn’t a mere stone’s throw from the house. It involved a 3 hour coach...

I would be the first to admit that the main draws of the Lake for me are the birds and the general sense of well-being I get from my...

Given how many pictures of birds I took while in Australia I feel compelled to share a few more. Whether that compulsion is a means of me...

I like to find a theme for my blogs on this site. They are normally about some aspect of what I have seen, but this week’s is slightly...

Where do I start? I saw over 75 types of birds and shot hundreds (and hundreds) of photographs. So what do I include in this little blog...

Having been away for 2 and a half months i was keen to get back to Stocker's Lake and see how things were. The Forget me not is in bloom...

I’ve now been in Australia for a few weeks and in amongst other sightseeing. I have had the chance to see so many new (to me) species of...

Well the second instalment and like all good series let’s pick up where we left off. The ones that got away. The shot I would have loved...

(A Tui) I originally named this site “A man, his camera and a lake” but this blog doesn’t feature that lake. Instead, it features a...

I have shown some family and friends around my second ‘home’ - Stocker’s Lake, but a couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of being...

This week the lake seems to be full of Shovelers, which I discovered are sometimes known as ‘Neighbour’s mallard’. The reason being that...

With the return of colder weather, I have been putting out food for the birds It's always fun to see what the seeds and fat balls attract...

It was a cold and frosty morning, …well actually this blog is about two cold and frosty mornings as the photos are from my last two...

This week there was time for a short visit to the RSPB reserve at Otmoor before picking up one of the sons at Didcot. It was only as we...

Having finally got round to joining the RSPB, I got in contact with my local branch in Watford knowing that it was fairly active group....

It has been said that Eskimos have four hundred different words for ‘snow,’ the reality is probably nearer fifty. We, British, have about...

Research by Kings College London has found that everyday encounters with birds improves mental health. They went as far as to suggest...

Ok, so that is a pretty bad pun, but it is the best I can come with. Last week was the first misty morning I have enjoyed this autumn. A...