I like to theme my blog and this week it's all about captions. The twist is that there is a challenge that goes with it. If you think you...

It is that time of year, when birds are pairing up, building nests and going through their mating rituals. There were lots of ‘couples’...

I enjoy walking around the lakes on my own; it gives me a sense of freedom. I’m not beholden to anyone and can take as much or as little...

I have always wanted to travel to Japan to take part in hanami. The literal translation of hanami (花見) is "flower viewing", while the...

I was given a copy “A Conspiracy of Ravens – A compendium of collective nouns for birds”. Having enjoyed looking through the long list of...

This week I decided I would try out some of my newly learnt ‘skills’ and have a go at some more landscape or rather lakescape shots, but...

I was away last week, at what proved to be an excellent land- and seascape photography course run by Harry Brand -Wheeler...

It was dark, dank and chilly when I left home and drove to Rickmansworth, and by the time I arrived it had been raining steadily for 10...

Alex Horne, the comedian, writer, star and creator of Taskmaster and reluctant birdwatcher described birding as “like a game of hide and...

This week’s walk, which of course was last week, held a surprise or two. I was meeting a friend, Mary, who had to drive up from...

On the two days before I went on my walk last week, the mornings had been bright, clear and cold with azure blue skies. The day I went –...

Having focused on particular birds (robins, parakeets and cormorants) in my recent blogs I could 'hear' some of the other photos...

A regular sighting on my walks are cormorants. There are a number of trees where the often gather, they are regular occupants on the...

It is January ... And despite the blue sky in my picture, it was very cold So, what is this bird doing sitting in a tree by the lake near...

Of the birds I see regularly, the majestic red kite is probably my favourite. I have a soft spot for the attractively awkward grey heron...

This last week hasn’t been a good week; family members has finally succumbed and we have had a couple of positive covid tests, I’ve...

It’s easy to just glance at the familiar; you’ve seen it before, and you’ll see it again, or so your sub-conscious mind tells you. But...

‘Golden Days’ is one of my favourite David Bowie tracks, but it isn’t the topic of this blog as that would be a little out of keeping...

To say the theme for this week’s walk is bits and pieces is probably under-selling it. It was a highly enjoyable stroll with numerous...

I’ve written about how it is often just before I leave the lakes that I see something more unusual or dramatic....