The weather has been glorious lately meaning I have spent most mornings in the garden with camera in hand indulging in some wildlife spotting. My efforts were rewarded a few days ago with a quite unexpected sighting, a hooded crow! I think the term hooded may be a little misleading, I’d say it’s more of…
To bee or not to bee?
Nature is full of ingenious solutions to the problem of staying alive. This harmless little hoverfly species Volucella bombylans has chosen the art of mimicry, disguising itself in a bumblebee’s warning stripes to deter predators. — Photographs copyright of Claire Stott/Grey Feather Photography © 2023www.greyfeatherphotography.com If you like what you see, you can follow me…
Sighting: Bar-Headed Geese
It was on the return leg from our road trip to Scotland that we stayed overnight in a quaint and charming little town, Grange-over-Sands which resulted in quite the unexpected encounter. It was in this village we discovered a small ornamental pond home to a private collection of captive wildfowl from around the world including…
There and back again
I’ve recently returned home from a very overdue, week long road trip from Aberystwyth to Aberdeen (via a brief stay in the Lake District). After a journey of over 460 miles and many, hours spent in the car enduring the tedious monotony of the motorway, it was a welcome relief to finally be welcomed into…
Early Insects
Another day and a brief window of sunshine meant another trip down to the local lakeside to admire the snowdrops before they disappear with the advance of Spring. I took the macro lens for it’s first outing of the year in the hope of finding some early bees and pollinators. Fortunately I wasn’t disappointed and…
Impatiently waiting for Spring
The emergence of the snowdrops must certainly one of the seasonal highlights from the natural world. Each year the sight of these delicate yet hardy flowers dotting the countryside reminds me that the warm and welcome days of Spring are just around the corner. It doesn’t feel much like that at the moment, as temperatures…
Early to bed
Dashing home from work a few days ago, I just had time to grab my camera before heading straight back out towards the starling roost in Aberystwyth, the promise of a dazzling sunset impossible to resist! In hindsight I didn’t choose the best location this evening. From my usual spot on the wooden jetty, my…
The hunt
After several more enjoyable but underwhelming visits to the Aberystwyth starling roost, a few nights ago under crystal clear skies the starlings finally provided a glimpse little of the drama I have been waiting for all season. It was the unexpected arrival of a peregrine falcon that triggered this brief flurry of action. The starling…
Happy Valentine’s Day
A juvenile blue tit photographed in my garden last summer. —Photographs copyright of Claire Stott/Grey Feather Photography © 2022www.greyfeatherphotography.com If you like what you see, you can follow me on Facebook or Instagram (@greyfeatherphotography) to see my latest photographs. Click the ‘follow’ button on the bottom to subscribe to my blog. Thanks for reading!
A sky full of stars
‘You’re a sky full of stars. Such a heavenly view’ – Coldplay, A Sky Full of Stars After several unsuccessfully attempts leaving me feeling rather deflated with my efforts, a few evenings ago I finally enjoyed a ‘starling watch’ worthy of writing about. The skies were clear aside from a narrow belt of stubborn clouds…
2022 Highlights – The ‘Bee Garden’
As we wave goodbye to another year and welcome in 2023, it’s the time to look back once again at my own personal highlights from the last twelve months. Top of this list just had to be the success of my ‘bee garden’, a small patch of garden which I transformed into a mini wildflower…
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