Ron Shavreen - photoblog

Terns Again

Ron Shavreen — 2008-05-24T00:00:00Z

]]> Remember these two from May 20th? Do you begin to smell a rat (or a tern)?

Playing hard to get!

Ron Shavreen — 2008-05-23T00:00:00Z

]]> On our way over we stopped to view a recently restored Elizabethean garden. It was full of mounds and lakes which attracted a variety of bird life including these courting greylags.

Greylag and gosling

Ron Shavreen — 2008-05-22T00:00:00Z

]]> Taken from a hide. I'm sure she knew we were there, the hide had open windows on three sides, but she was unpeturbed as she grazed on the reeds.

Another Greylag

Ron Shavreen — 2008-05-21T00:00:00Z

]]> Taken in one of the RSPB reserves on the north Norfolk coast.

Ron Shavreen — 2008-05-20T00:00:00Z

]]> There was also a pair of common terns showing significant interest in the lakes. They were angry at my presence, especially when I tried to hide under trees to get some pictures of them. It was better when I stood in clear view - I could see them and they could see me. Despite all that they proved IMPOSSIBLE to photograph.

Mud

Ron Shavreen — 2008-05-19T00:00:00Z

]]> Recognise this? A different working of my first Norfolk shot. I'm beginning to discover just how flexible and subtle PShop can be.

Broken Pier

Ron Shavreen — 2008-05-18T00:00:00Z

]]> During the war this area housed an American base and camp. Little remains beyond some concrete paths, a few shells of buildings and this broken pier.

Ron Shavreen — 2008-05-17T00:00:00Z

]]> More mud .... and Shovellers (I think) in the background.

Mud Net

Ron Shavreen — 2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

]]> Went to Norfolk last weekend to visit friends who live within spitting distance of the sea. It's a change for us as where we live is about as far from the sea as it's possible to get in the UK. It's also an ornithologists paradise with huge expanses of coastal mudflats backed by extensive reed-beds. There are many bird reserves to visit. Our friends have two dogs and an early morning walk of an hour or more is part of the household routine. I snapped a good number of shots of the mud as the tide came in. Even with a 10x zoom I couldn't get close enough to capture details so I've had to use digital zoom as well. Bird shots follow the mud in a couple of days.

Terraces 2

Ron Shavreen — 2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

]]> Some of these terraces rise hundreds of feet up impossibly steep mountainsides.

Turnstone

Ron Shavreen — 2008-05-08T00:00:00Z

]]> Before our week in the Lakes we'd been off to Madeira. Inspired by Ellie's recent bird shots I grabbed this Turnstone wandering over a breakwater. Fearless and unpeturbed it made an easy subject.

Jacaranda Avenue

Ron Shavreen — 2008-05-07T00:00:00Z

]]> In early April Funchal hosts the Madeira Fower Festival. It is probably no coincidence that the Jacaranda trees are flowering at the same time. You get some idea of their glory from street level but this shot, taken from a cable car above the city shows just what a spectacular display they give.