A Few Random pictures of mine
Tuesday 29 March 2011
Tuesday 22 March 2011
Had a great night
Last night was a great night out at S.P.S
I was made very welcome by other members the night consisted of a Natural history slide show competition so was just up my street. It was split into two parts the first half was for beginers the secound was for more advanced.
Maybe next year I will have a go at entering a couple of my photos.
I was made very welcome by other members the night consisted of a Natural history slide show competition so was just up my street. It was split into two parts the first half was for beginers the secound was for more advanced.
Maybe next year I will have a go at entering a couple of my photos.
Monday 21 March 2011
Stevenage Photographic Society
I am going to join Stevenage Photographic Club tonight with the hope that it can help me improve my photography.
But time will tell.
But time will tell.
Friday 11 March 2011
Visit to Sandy R.S.P.B 10th March
I had a great day at R.S.P.B Sandy Bedfordshire yesterday. I arrived at about 8am so not many people there with camera and flask headed to the hide the weather was a bit on the windy side.
I had my Canon 400d with a Sigma 70-300mm telephoto lens.
here are a few of the photos taken.
I had my Canon 400d with a Sigma 70-300mm telephoto lens.
here are a few of the photos taken.
Tuesday 8 March 2011
Twinbury 07/03/2011
Had a great morning visit to my local Reserve this morning.
the weather was a bit cold in the hide.
Picture was taken with my Canon 400d with a Sigma 70-400 lens.
I just wish it would oblige a moved just a bit closer.
the weather was a bit cold in the hide.Had a great view of a Reed bunting but unfortunately was gone in a flash so did not manage to get a photo but did get a nice few shots of a Snipe probing for food in the mud see below.
I have seen this before but was just to far away to get a good photo.Picture was taken with my Canon 400d with a Sigma 70-400 lens.
I just wish it would oblige a moved just a bit closer.
Wednesday 2 March 2011
Twinbury farm visit 02/03/11
Just been over to one of my local reserves as I sometimes do in my lunch hour.
Had a great view of a Snipe, as well as a Kingfisher that just popped onto a branch and where was my Camera yes at home.
here is the link below.
http://www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/NatureReserves/small/tewinbury
The site lies in the Mimram valley, and contains a variety of habitats including wet meadow, tall fen / swamp, alder carr, willow scrub, willow pollards and chalk stream.
The tall fen/ swamp occurs around a lagoon (overlooked by a hide) and along adjacent channels, and has a mixture of common reed, reed sweet-grass and common reed-mace. Willow scrub has been slowly invading the lagoon, but has been kept under control by Trusts staff and volunteers. During 2006 and 2007 considerable work has been undertaken to make the swamp much wetter by removing silt build up and raising water levels. This work, combined with the removal or pollarding of willows, encourages recolonisation by common reed.
Wetland plants associated with the swamp include hemp agrimony, common comfrey, reed canary grass, water figwort, brooklime, water forget-me-not, marsh marigold, hairy willowherb, lesser celandine, yellow flag, purple loostrife, ragged robin and wild angelica. The surrounding banks support great horsetail, butterbur and town hall clock. There remain remnant tussocks of greater tussock sedge, a species now uncommon in Herts.
The swamp area is important for both wintering and breeding birds. In winter, reed buntings, yellowhammer and pied wagtail form night-time roosts in the swamp and carr. Breeding species include reed bunting, reed warbler, sedge warbler and occasionally grasshopper warbler. Mallard, coot, and moorhen also breed. Other species of note include kingfisher, water rail, snipe and woodcock. The site is also a passage stop-over for migrating warblers and other wetland birds.
The wet meadows vary in composition with the soils. Species here include meadowsweet, cuckooflower, greater birds-foot-trefoil, marsh horsetail, marsh thistle, skullcap and monkey flower. Marsh pennywort and southern marsh orchid, both uncommon in Herts, can be found. The alder carr woodlands around the meadows have notable species opposite-leaved golden saxifrage and remote sedge. Flocks of siskins and redpolls feed in the woodland during winter.
The River Mimram is a valuable chalk stream with a rich aquatic flora and fauna. River water-crowfoot, water starworts, water cress and lesser and greater pond sedge. Many different aquatic invertebrates have been recorded. Brown trout, water vole and otter can all be found within the stream.
Other species recorded include 3 shrew species, harvest mice and 5 species of bat
Had a great view of a Snipe, as well as a Kingfisher that just popped onto a branch and where was my Camera yes at home.
here is the link below.
http://www.hertswildlifetrust.org.uk/NatureReserves/small/tewinbury
The site lies in the Mimram valley, and contains a variety of habitats including wet meadow, tall fen / swamp, alder carr, willow scrub, willow pollards and chalk stream.
The tall fen/ swamp occurs around a lagoon (overlooked by a hide) and along adjacent channels, and has a mixture of common reed, reed sweet-grass and common reed-mace. Willow scrub has been slowly invading the lagoon, but has been kept under control by Trusts staff and volunteers. During 2006 and 2007 considerable work has been undertaken to make the swamp much wetter by removing silt build up and raising water levels. This work, combined with the removal or pollarding of willows, encourages recolonisation by common reed.
Wetland plants associated with the swamp include hemp agrimony, common comfrey, reed canary grass, water figwort, brooklime, water forget-me-not, marsh marigold, hairy willowherb, lesser celandine, yellow flag, purple loostrife, ragged robin and wild angelica. The surrounding banks support great horsetail, butterbur and town hall clock. There remain remnant tussocks of greater tussock sedge, a species now uncommon in Herts.
The swamp area is important for both wintering and breeding birds. In winter, reed buntings, yellowhammer and pied wagtail form night-time roosts in the swamp and carr. Breeding species include reed bunting, reed warbler, sedge warbler and occasionally grasshopper warbler. Mallard, coot, and moorhen also breed. Other species of note include kingfisher, water rail, snipe and woodcock. The site is also a passage stop-over for migrating warblers and other wetland birds.
The wet meadows vary in composition with the soils. Species here include meadowsweet, cuckooflower, greater birds-foot-trefoil, marsh horsetail, marsh thistle, skullcap and monkey flower. Marsh pennywort and southern marsh orchid, both uncommon in Herts, can be found. The alder carr woodlands around the meadows have notable species opposite-leaved golden saxifrage and remote sedge. Flocks of siskins and redpolls feed in the woodland during winter.
The River Mimram is a valuable chalk stream with a rich aquatic flora and fauna. River water-crowfoot, water starworts, water cress and lesser and greater pond sedge. Many different aquatic invertebrates have been recorded. Brown trout, water vole and otter can all be found within the stream.
Other species recorded include 3 shrew species, harvest mice and 5 species of bat
Tuesday 1 March 2011
I have just joined a great birding forum I have found it a very interesting forum for anybody interested in birding here is the link birding uk
Why not click on the link and come and join in.
Why not click on the link and come and join in.
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