British Nature and Wildlife pics

Hi, we are Mandy and Mick from Lincolnshire UK. We love wildlife and photography of same. Most of our photography is done around Lincolnshire but also on trips in the Uk and Abroad. We love travel - avoiding touristy places if possible unless its a wildlife hotspot!! Our kit includes Canon 40D and 400D, Canon 300mm f2.8 IS lens, Canon 300mm f4 IS lens, 1.4x and 2x Canon Converters, Sigma 50-500mm (Bigma) lens, a Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro lens and a Canon 18-55mm IS lens

Friday, May 01, 2009

Chowder Ness/ Far Ings

Here are a few shots from my local patch.

Pied Wags

On a visit to Chowder Ness I took delight in watching these displaying. They reminded me of little pogo-sticks as they bounced along!

Tawny Owl

One of those magical nature moments! I arrived in thick fog on my local reserve and as I turned a corner this beauty was sat out in the open, I shared ten minutes in its company and it seem quite undisturbed by my presence. Wonderful!!

Orange Tip

I love these little butterflies. Their camouflage on the cow parsley is amazing -until they open their wings!

New Life

Lots of cute little baby rabbits around at the mo. Couldnt resist taking these shots!

Flamboro'/Bempton

We enjoyed last weekend at the above. The weather was very kind to us! We stayed locally at the brilliant West Carlton guest house - http://www.west-carlton.co.uk/ Perfectly situated for visits to the above places. Wonderfully relaxing and secluded , with comfortable clean accommodation with little extras and yummy breakfast! A nature lovers paradise!! Here we are at Flamborough, North Landing

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Wren/Whitethroat

A scrubby area near to North Landing at Flamborough early in the day, lots of birds were full of the joys of spring! We captured this Wren and a Whitethroat. Most other birds were elusive!

Roe Deer

ALways a delight to see these, they are quite common around certain areas of East Yorkshire

Jackdaws

These were plentiful around the picnic area at Bempton. Although thought of as a raucous and scavening bunch, their beautiful eyes and grey/black " cap " makes them somewhat quite endearing!! Well in our opinion anyway!!

Puffin

We had hoped to see a lot of these cute and lovely little characters but only saw a handful (now theres a lovely thought:) :)!!) this was the only decent shot we got.

Kestrel

We were delighted to observe this brilliant Kestrel whilst on the rocks at North Landing, Flamboro' . It was hunting over the grass above the rocks, and as we were underneath an overhang, it didnt seem to notice us. It was a joy to watch as it hunted and with the light fantastic on it, these shots were possible!