We have lots of House Sparrows at the moment. Here is a ‘cute’ photo of a mother feeding one chick while the other one waits for his turn.
The other chick did get fed next.
Sparrow feeding time
Images
Duxford Airshow May 2018
A great day last Saturday at the Duxford Airshow. The photographic conditions were fairly challenging for me. One direction was blue sky, the opposite direction was haze into the sun. Still I am quite pleased with the results.
House Sparrow chick
The sparrows are eating us out of house and home! Mind you, the chicks like the one I photographed today are cute!
Pheasants.
This weekend I spotted a lovely pair of Pheasants walking along the edge of a Rape field. These were process with the ON1 Raw 2018 program. I still have not quite got the hang of it yet.
Red Kite on the hunt
This lovely Red Kite was flying over us a lot last weekend giving me plenty of time to take it’s portrait. 🙂
Truckfest 2018 at Peterborough pt 3
The last batch from Truckfest 2018. As you have seen from the last 3 posts, I rather like the older trucks more than the new ones, However, the paint jobs on the newer trucks are really good! Hope you have enjoyed these photos.
Truckfest 2018 at Peterborough pt 2
A few more photos from Truckfest 2018
Truckfest 2018 at Peterborough pt 1
Here are the 1st set of the photos I took at this great event at the east of England Show Ground this weekend.
Squirrel on the feeders
A different visitor to the feeders today. He was very hungry and took quite a bit of shoo-ing away before he got the message! (after I took the photos of course 😀📷😎)
Busy evening on the feeders
With the evening coming up fast and the cold, wet and windy weather we have had today, the local bird population are desperately trying to top up their energy levels to last the night, especially as many of them have young to feed as well. There is regularly a half a dozen birds either feeding or waiting to get on the feeder this evening.
Duxford Photoshoot – Spitfire Mk24
Some more photos from last week’s photoshoot. This is the Spitfire Mk24. Unfortunately we were only allowed to look into the cockpit and not sit it it. Amazingly this Spitfire was in service from 1947 to 1983 where it flew with the Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force.
Duxford Photoshoot – Tornado GR1
Another selection of shots from the recent photoshoot at Duxford. This Tornado GR1 was first in operation in 1983 and took part in the Gulf War. This is one of the most ‘un-restored’ aircraft we saw, it looks as though it has just come in the hangar straight from a sortie, it looks great and ‘authentic’ not like a museum piece.
Duxford Photoshoot – De Haviland DH9
Another set of photos from this weeks photoshoot. This is the Airco De Havilland DH9. Built in 1918. This WW1 bomber has recently been restored and looks great. I love the wicker pilots seat!
Duxford Photoshoot – Hastings C1A
Another set of photos from the Duxford open viewing photoshoot. This time it is the Handley Page Hastings C1A, a troop carrier from the late 1940’s. This is the first time I have been in one of these aircraft and the upward slope of the cabin when on the ground is amazing. As usual with military troop carriers of the time all the seats for the troops faced backwards as that is the safest way in the event of a crash. A marvelous aircraft.
Duxford Photoshoot – Lancaster
We had a great evening out at Duxford last night. There was a photoshoot for IWM members. We got to look around several aircraft and here are some photos from inside their Lancaster bomber. It felt a real privileged to just be able to climb into one of these iconic aircraft. One day I would like to fly in one.
Land Warfare museum at Duxford.
A couple of photos from the Land Warfare museum at Duxford. We very rarely visit this museum as it is at the far end of the airfield, but it is well worth going there. There is a Normandy Landings exhibition there at the moment.
Chipmunk at Duxford
I saw this lovely Chipmunk at Duxford this weekend. I just had to photograph it 🙂
Dunnock looking back
One of the lovely Dunnocks I was watching last weekend.
Hedgerow feeding
Great fun watching the Sparrows and Dunnocks feeding off the seeds in the bushes this weekend. Our caravan makes a great hide, I can sit in comfort taking photos through the open window.
Goldfinches in the snow
Snowing this morning, managed to get a few photos of the Goldfinches through the window. Too cold to go outside to photograph them! 🙂