Posted in Birds, Derbyshire, Farming, Trees, Wildlife on November 11, 2009 | 16 Comments »
‘Quick grab the camera, there’s a bird in the barn, it’s quite big.’
So said Mr Uhdd; a kestrel had found its way into the barn, but couldn’t find its way out again.
It was looking a little battered and bewildered
In its frantic efforts to escape it had been launching itself against the window, its feet were [...]
Posted in Birds, Derbyshire, Food, Moorland, Peak District National Park, Photography, Thoughts, Weather, chickens on November 6, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I’ve been tied up all week, the blog has been neglected and I’ve been tetchy for lack of me time; sunrises have teased, the sun peeping out for no more than a handful of minutes before disappearing behind a curtain of cloud. In what little time I could snatch I couldn’t even convince the giggly [...]
Posted in Autumn, Bats, Birds, Derbyshire, Nature, Thoughts, Wildlife on October 31, 2009 | 11 Comments »
Hands up who wanted to see the mummified bat? Well here it is, with a sewing thimble to give you an idea of the scale. He/she looks as if they are sleeping peacefully, the bones are so tiny and delicate, is that the pelvis, bottom left?
As it’s Halloween and we’ve covered the origin of [...]
Posted in Birds, Derbyshire, Drystone walls, Farming, Landscape, Photography, Weather on October 22, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Men and their flying machines, at the top of a hill.
Of course what goes up must come down,
Some landings are softer than others.
Whilst we were out and about we also watched three buzzards circling, their flying skills are far better than my skills at manual focusing the camera. So take [...]
Posted in Birds, Family, Photography, Summer, World on August 28, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Happy and naturally dishevelled geese at Heathylee farm Staffordshire
I didn’t realise that in some part of the world (but not Staffordshire I hasten to add) goose down for duvets and pillows is.
plucked from live birds and the birds are ‘cropped’ every six weeks or so…..
Keep your chins up girls, you’re safe here.
below, [...]
Posted in Away Days, Birds, Devon, Environment, Field studies, Landscape, Nature, Photography, Summer, Wildlife on August 2, 2009 | 5 Comments »
A very happy hour, spent with a flask of tea watching the birds at Slapton Ley
A heron, oblivious to the comings and goings of he village of Torr Cross
A relaxed duck
A pair of gulls; Slapton Ley is a narrow stretch of fresh water separated from the sea by a shingle bank [...]
Posted in Away Days, Birds, Family, Farming, Food, Landscape, Photography, Summer, Thoughts on July 10, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Blaze Farm is a great place to take children, there is always plenty to see and the Hill Billy ice cream and the tea shop pleases young and old alike.
There is always a selection of farm animals on hand to pet, but you don’t lose sight of the fact that this is a working [...]
Posted in Birds, Environment, Farming, Nature, Photography, Summer, Thoughts, Trees on July 8, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Whilst Boris is strutting his stuff, the peahen has her work cut out
A chick needs to be educated in the ways of the countryside
And today’s lesson is all about holly
Coming up soon from Blaze Farm, a bit of sheep shearing and and some more conventional farm animals.
Posted in Birds, Derbyshire, Farming, History, India, Light and shadow, Nature, Photography, Thoughts, tagged Blaze Farm, feathers, Peacocks on July 7, 2009 | 9 Comments »
There can be no doubt about it, Boris is a bird with presence; he lives at Blaze farm, Wildboarclough, Cheshire, where they have lots of other birds and animals but none can match Boris’ coat of many colours, he’s made a brief appearance here before, last year, when he took his own reflection in a [...]
Posted in Birds, Family, Photography, Thoughts, dyslexia on July 5, 2009 | 7 Comments »
This is Boris, he is very beautiful,
I have more photos to show you, but for now I can go to bed happy that I have managed to adjust, crop, copy and get a photo to this blog, having today unwrapped a copy of Lightroom photo editing software, it seems mightily sophisticated compared to [...]
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