Really enjoyed using my macro lens again... it's been way too long !

Woke up to a really heavy frost; such beauty in the garden.

We had a very different Christmas this year.  Heartbroken that our children couldn't be with us due to Covid Tier 4 restrictions, but we made the best of it.... wine and chocolate helped :)  Doing my best to stay positive through it all, but like most of us I have good days and bad days. I am really enjoying watching the birds in the garden and have started feeding them, so I am trying to capture a few photographs too; but they are super speedy !
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A couple of years ago I went to Eagle Heights with a friend, Andrew Moss, who very kindly gave me some great tips on photographing birds in flight. They were obviously much larger birds, but the principle is the same. If you get the chance check out his instagram feed, he does some great work "mossfoto"

It's been such a difficult and unsettling time for us all with Covid 19 and with continued uncertainty ahead. I am enjoying the opportunity to sit back and enjoy the wonders of nature and trying to learn which bird song belongs to which bird.....
​Just after dawn this morning I recognised a Wren singing and also managed to capture an image of it.  Whilst its not great, it captures the recognisable "football" shape and I am very pleased as its the first time I have been that close to one

The next bird is a chiff chaff. It was a very long way away and singing its heart out in the tops of the trees

I am having some beautiful walks in the countryside whilst we are on lockdown and really enjoying nature at its best in springtime. I felt quite emotional watching a couple of blue tits attending to their young in the nest; so lucky to experience that moment.

Recently did another photoshoot for Emma and her wonderful jeweller as she has a number of new pieces, including some now in gold as well as sterling silver. Emma's response was, "absolutely thrilled with my new photoshoot"   www.emmakeatingjewellery.co.uk
These are a few of my favourites:-

I just love this time of year and the arrival of lambs. It is really difficult and unsettling times for so many of us at the moment and I am grateful to just enjoy and take pleasure from natures simple things.

We have moved to the Kent countryside and were delighted to have this visitor in the garden today; such amazing colours.