Summer meadows and Badgers in the grasses

Real combination of equipment this week. Badgers photographed with the 300mm on the D800E. The meadow pictured with the Samyang 14mm (uncorrected in post) and the 70-200 f4. Finally the Grebe and Nuthatch photographed with the 70-200 mounted on the Nikon v1 via the adapter. A really fun combination albeit hit and miss.

Swallow in flight

Early evening in the fields.

Otford fields in early evening.

Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes.

Dunnock - Prunella modularis.

Close Up - Blue Tit photo

Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus

Up Close - Blue Tit and others.

Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus. Most probably a Coal Tit - Periparus ater. Blue Tit - Cyanistes caeruleus. Blackcap - Sylvia atricapilla. Great Tit - Parus major.

Sevenoaks Wildfowl.

It's Spring ... sort of.

Robin - Erithacus rubecula Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus Coot - Fulica atra

Siskin - Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve

Female Siskin - Carduelis spinus - feeding on the ground. A tree had fallen at the Reserve and was attracting a handful of Siskins to feed on the ground around the branches.

A Siskin feeds on the ground.

Nikon V1 with 300mm and 1.4tc

Certainly sharper than using the 2x teleconverter ... less things to photograph today though !

Coot - Fulica atra Siskin - Carduelis spinus

Siskin flock

Grey day and weary of the Kingfisher stake out so grabbed the V1 with the FT1, the 300mm with the 2x tc and a monopod. Nothing outstanding (or indeed super sharp - monopod to blame) but 1620mm is quite satisfying for small birds in a digiscoping kind of way. All from the Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve.

Badgers at Christmas

Badger video for November and December plus some snapshots from the last month.



Magpie - Pica pica

Winter frost

Robin - Erithacus rubecula

A Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus - hovering

Sunny afternoon at Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve

Not quite sharp where it needs to be but quite like the more graphic opportunity with these shots ...

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Autumn Snapshots

Nothing exceptional this weekend, just some snaps.