A pictorial diary of my walks around the parks and wild areas of Leicestershire, and occasionally farther afield.

If you're new to my blog, you might like to have a look at the pictures in the older post as well (click on button at the bottom of the page).

I am also a writer, using the pen-name John Gwynant, and I'll occasionally announce my latest book release on the blog.

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Bizzy Bee

A bee busily collecting pollen, look at the size of the pollen sacks.

1/1600 @ f5.6,  ISO 400, 400mm

Friday, August 28, 2015

Squirrel at Swithland


Looking for Nuts!

1/100 @f6.3, ISO 800, 400mm
The sun dived behind a cloud but luckily didn't ruin the picture.

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Jay in the woods

A Jay scaring off the smaller birds to get to the food.


1/500 @ 6.3, ISO 1600, 400mm 

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Monday, August 24, 2015

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Saturday, August 22, 2015

A quiet day on Thornton Resevior

There wasn't much wildlife about but Thornton still looked Idyllic. 

1/100 @f6.3, ISO 400, 100mm

Friday, August 21, 2015

Squirrels go Nuts

These two were determined not to share the nuts on the fence post.

1/12 @ f5.6, ISO 1600, 100mm
I saw it coming and experimented with an ultra slow shutter speed.

Wednesday, August 19, 2015