A gallery of my favourite shots of the Short-Eared Owls that visited the Yorkshire coastline over the winter. One of my favourite birds that I just had to make the most of in this influx year of migration! I just can’t get enough!

A local nature reserve to me, Rodley Nature reserve is a wetland habitat on the outskirts of Leeds. I spent a couple of hours there with my camera despite the rain showing that photography can still be achieved despite the weather!

A total haven for photographers and wildlife lovers, the Isle of Mull off the west coast of Scotland is a Mecca! After my first visit in 2022 I just had to return! I arrived back on the island in May and as I left I had already decided I was coming back in October! Here are some Mull highlights from 2023…

Just into the county of Suffolk lies the former arable land of Lakenheath Fen. What used to be carrot fields has been transformed by the RPSB into vast wetlands and woodlands boasting stunning and rare wildlife. The last stop on my weekend wildlife trip!

During a short wildlife break to north Norfolk, I was only 20 minutes away from RSPB Titchwell Marsh, a nature reserve with varied habitats such as fresh water lagoons, saltmarshes, coastal and reedbed. A hive of insect activity in summer and an important breeding site for Avocet, Bittern and Bearded Tits…

One of the UK’s major wildlife spectacles occurs only a few times a year on the north Norfolk coast at Snettisham. Famed for its winter “Whirling Wader” spectaculars which only happen at super high tide events. I tried one of these dates in the summer as part of a wildlife weekend away!

A trip to a fantastic photography hide near Blairgowrie in the Cairngorms to capture Red Squirrel and the elusive Pine Marten!

A trip to Scotland in February to try to capture some images of our native Red Squirrel in their lovely winter coats with their tufted ears!

A visit to Argaty Red Kites in Scotland, a major part in the reintroduction of these magnificent birds of prey that were once persecuted to extinction

Another visit to a night time photography hide for Owls and Foxes

A trip to the Cairngorms in Scotland including Loch Morlich and Loch Garten for some landscape and wildlife photography

My local nature reserve in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Adel Dam adjacent to Golden Acre Park. Popular location for spotting Kingfishers and Woodpeckers

Whilst visiting the Isle of Mull off the west coast of Scotland, I took a little boat trip to the tiny uninhabited island of Staffa to get up close to some Puffins!

Albert, The Black Browed Albatross is a very rare vagrant bird, thousands of miles from home and its own kind, It is the only one in the northern hemisphere and probably the loneliest bird in the world.

A boat trip to the Farne Islands on the Northumberland coast to see and photograph Puffins!

The search for Short Eared Owls