Today was a Kingfisher hunt, managed to photograph a male and a female bird.

Full Gallery of Butterfly photos from The Glasshouse, RHS Wisley Surrey
http://www.iesphotography.co.uk/blog/wildlife/butterflies-at-rhs-wisley/

Waxwings visit the UK in search of food in the Wintertime. Mainly from Northern Europe, Scandinavia and Russia.

A full set of Waxwing photos can be found in the gallery

http://www.iesphotography.co.uk/blog/wildlife/waxwings-in-the-uk/

Some photos from a recent Owl flying day at The British Wildlife Centre in Surrey.

The Recent of the photos can be viewed at http://www.iesphotography.co.uk/blog/wildlife/british-wildlife-centre-surrey/

Red Deer at Richmond Park

Full photo set can be viewed at http://www.iesphotography.co.uk/blog/wildlife/richmond-park/

I took a few days off in Wales to photograph Low Flying aircraft, however whilst sat on top of the hills it would have been criminal not to photography some landscapes.

This Corris Corner looking down on the lake – Tal Y Llyn

Tal-y-llyn Lake, also known as Talyllyn Lake or Llyn Mwyngil, is a large glacial ribbon lake formed by a post-glacial massive landslip damming up the lake within the glaciated valley. It is situated at the foot of Cadair Idris, in the Snowdonia mountain range of Gwynedd, Wales. The River Dysynni flows from the lake, through the village of Abergynolwyn, and discharges into the sea north of Tywyn

In the evening I visited Lake Vyrnwy and tried out some long exposures using Welding Glass in front of the lens to give the clouds some “movement”.

Lake Vyrnwy Nature Reserve and Estate (Llyn Efyrnwy) is an area of land in Powys, Wales, surrounding the Victorian reservoir of Lake Vyrnwy. Its stone-built dam, built in the 1880s, is the first of its kind in the world.

Following the South London Fives 10km race I decided to take a wander around Bushy Park so I strapped the 300mm and x1.4 or x2 converter on the 1DMKIII and headed off. First up I encountered a Grey Heron fishing in the stream that runs down the middle of the park.

After taking far to many Heron photos I wandered across the Park to the Plantation area in the hope I’d find some early spring flowers. On arrival in the plantation I found no early spring flowers but what was catching every bodies attention and had mums grabbing their kids for safety was two Egyptian Geese battering nine bells out of each other.

After 12 rounds it was a points decision!

So to calm down I took a stroll around the duck pond and found a Pochard doing its hair up!

Flying over head and then landing on some poles ready for their next attack on unsuspecting toddlers with bread were the seagulls.


Just round the corner I think one of the toddlers was that scared by the Seagulls that they had let go of their kite and it got stuck in a tree.

Upon leaving the park I noticed that the bike rack was empty as most people were cycling round enjoying the Crisp Spring weather

Took a trip to Richmond Park today to try and get some Deer Rutting action. Weather was good, clocks went back so the early morning (7:30am) didn’t feel to bad.

Decided I’d just use the Canon 1DMKIII + 300mm F2.8 IS L + 2x TC on a monopod as the sun was bright at times.

We managed to see Red and Fallow deers and a walk into the woods lead us to a Nuthatch and a tree creeper, however to many leaves on the trees made the light difficult.

anyway enough waffle here are a couple of pics!

Rutting Deers

Rutting Deers