weekend

I was out and about at the weekend,lovely early mornings with cold clear dawn sky on both saturday and sunday, I headed to the hare fields where there is still lots of action going on. I was lucky enough to have a few close encounters with these wonderful animals, both mornings from 6am while watching hares a cuckoo was calling which made for a lovely backdrop to the scene. In the afternoon i visited one of the local fens and was delighted to find up to five short eared owls still present also a hen harrier and the first swallows had arrived in the area.

Moon and Venus

I was also set on taking a picture or two of the recent lovely conjunction of the moon,venus and jupiter in the evening sky. I decided on a lovely wodland location where there are some very old oak trees to compose an image.There was a lovely bonus while i was there as a barn owl was hunting

the area between the trees and at one point hovered just a few feet above my dog who was oblivious to its prescence. something i may well never see again.

Zoo visit

Took a day to visit London Zoo where i am a member and a place i have been visiting for many years. There have been many changes over the years and it keeps improving and getting better and is a world leader as far as conserving species goes. I havent done any zoo photography for many years, ive decided to venture there again with my camera to see if i can come up with new and intresting images.This visit i became fascinated by my favourite birds the Pelicans they were in a good position and the late afternoon light was lovely. I spent an hour or so by them and managed what i consider to be a few nice images.