28c is too hot (or 82f for those that use Fahrenheit). I'm ready to tap out at 22-23c. I should have made the effort to get up before the daytime heat started suffocating me. So, I only managed an hour or two out in the sunshine, smothered in factor 100(!) and whilst carrying enough water to rehydrate a small...

Today I spotted a Spotted Flycatcher. I had no idea what this species was when I see it, or that I managed to capture it in such a good position. I wish I was a little closer (or had a little more telephoto reach preferably) as the image is quite heavily cropped, and I probably needed a faster shutter speed...though...

Plenty of scrappy looking showers were zipping through on a cold Northerly air flow yesterday. Not much wind shear or instability to hold these together for long (as usual), but some cold air above helped with a little hail and some thunder. These are generally shit to try and photograph or get in a position to...

Today, I managed to get my first Blackcap on camera. He was buried deep in the bush and was hard to even get a clear shot of his face. I didn't even realise he was mid-song until I got home and see the images on a bigger screen. Also, another couple of Robins. Just because I liked these images.

Here are five images from five days of roaming around Northumberland. This wasn't a photography specific trip, but if I'm going to Northumberland then the camera is always coming along, and so these are more opportunistic captures than any real planning or thought behind them. Basically, I just shot what I see, and...

The North Westerly flow continues with another day of lethargic hail showers. It was either way too warm in the sunshine or way too cold under the showers, and that triggered more wardrobe changes than your average Swifty event. In between the showers I spotted a Little Egrit, which I first thought was a Heron from...

Back to some of my more regular photography today with some messy hail showers on a brutal North Westerly wind flow. Not a lot of wind shear to hold these together for long (or much energy in general), but they still managed some soft hail amongst the stronger updrafts and even some weak Mammatus (2nd image) on the...

The last few outings haven't been a great success for any decent bird images. Maybe I'd been somewhat lucky recently and perhaps a little distracted with some mildly interesting weather coming my way (another post). Anyway, here are some squirrels that I'd spotted over the last few weeks and had saved on my hard drive.

Man these things are tricky to photograph and they look so small in the frame. My lens is out at a 420mm equivalent and I'm thinking I need (at least) double that for a good shot of these. The Chiffchaff, I've heard lots recently (they don't shut up, ha) but never actually spotted until today, and the Long Tailed...

These turned out quite nice for some of my first inflight shots. The bird detection on the OM1 is doing a lot of the heavy lifting here, but this is really fun to mess around with. The Robin shot was using the ProCapture feature at ISO 10,000! I'm really impressed with the high ISO performance of the OM1 when...

I was about ready to leave. I'd spent a frustrating couple of hours without being able to capture anything, not even so much as a Robin. I was having one final attempt at a couple of Great Tits when I caught a glimpse of some hind legs disappearing on the track ahead of me. I'd spotted a deer yesterday and wasn't...

A few of the better captures from this weekend. Any light for photography was awful, thanks to the persistent mist and fog (permistent? meh.) for the last few days. Nearly every image was horrendously backlit and the wildlife was just as persistent in staying up high. I'm still stalking the Woodpeckers, nothing seen...