Bees on the lavendar

Outside my house Mum has planted some lavender.  Many bees come to and fro.



Bee on lavender



Hover fly on croc!

Lashford Lane Fen, a small BBOWT nature reserve

I persuaded Mum to let me visit Lashford Lane Fen one evening when we were passing by.  It was definitely worth it!  Some kind people had found a baby grass snake and brought it to show me.  I got to hold it and Mum took a good picture.  We also got a glimpse of a slow worm but not a photo unfortunately as it slithered away before I could get my camera out.

Red Kite

Grass snake

 

Mum took these pictures:

 

A first visit to Otmoor RSPB reserve

At Otmoor I enjoyed seeing little egrets, hobbies, herons, snipe, lapwing, reed bunting, a lesser spotted woodpecker and turtle dove!!!  We met some enthusiasts that were very helpful and showed us some of these birds.

Yellow flag iris

Goldfinch

Hobby

Lapwing

Snipe



Swans

Caterpillar

Reed bunting

Turtle Dove!!!

Lesser spotted woodpecker

Radley Lakes

One summer evening I went down to Radley Lakes to photograph wildlife.  I entered my best shots into the Radley Village fete photography competition.  With one of my shots I got first place.

Frog under the log

One day I rolled over a log to see what insects I could find and I found a young common frog.

 

Sparrow Hawk in my garden!

I was amazed to look out and see a sparrow hawk eating a pigeon in my garden.  It was a gory sight!  It hid the carcass in our log pile and kept on coming back for more. 

 

 

London - April 2013

A trip to London gave me a great chance to practise using my new camera.  Here are the results.

London Wetland Trust

For my birthday I went to the Wetland Trust in London.  I took my new camera.  It was great!
Here are some of the photos I took:

Mandarin duck

 

Swan



Parakeet

Otter

Otter

Tufted duck

Heron

Sunset on river

Camera

Camera.

For my birthday I got a new camera, it is a Pentax X-5.  I also got a tripod. To test them out I went to the Wetland Trust in London.  It was great! First we went to the otters, they were being fed.    





Otter eating.