My Flora and Fauna Friday subject this week is the Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus). The species is found across most of temperate Europe and Asia.
This individual was photographed emerging from a nest cavity in an apple tree at Faddiley near Nantwich in southern Cheshire, England. There is mistletoe growing on the apple tree above the entrance to the nest.
This is also a contribution to Becky’s July Squares: Trees photo challenge.
Trees and their shadows. Bickerton Hill in southern Cheshire, England.
This is my day 5 contribution to Becky’s July Squares: Trees photo challenge.
Trees on the loch side, a light beam on the hillside. Loch Arkaig, Scotland.
This is my day 3 contribution to Becky’s July Squares: Trees photo challenge.
This is my contribution to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Nature Animals prompt.
A brief look back at 40 years of flower photography for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Flowers prompt.
A Coneflower photographed with a fast portrait lens last summer. I spent part of the Covid-19 lockdown photographing flowers and plants with a variety of unusual lenses.
Foxgloves photographed with a long telephoto lens to isolate them from the background. A technique that I used quite often in the 1990s.
Daffodils with intentional camera movement. I started experimenting with ICM again in the winter and have continued this spring.
Snowdrops. A photo in a series showing the growth of the flowers. Published in a school textbook in the late 1980s.
My Saturday Bird this week is a portrait of a Greylag Goose (Anser anser).
This individual was photographed in the mid 1980s when most of the Greylag Geese in the U.K. were feral birds associating with Canada Geese and other wildfowl species. Recent population numbers for the species across Europe show a dramatic increase, possibly due to climate change affecting their migration patterns.
The bird is at “The Mere” on the edge of the town of Ellesmere in Shropshire, England in winter.
