It must be quite warm after the snow Guy, otherwise why should the butterfly come out it wouldn't last long here, its was more freezing to-night than last night and I opened an upstairs window and got a sunset and got into trouble- letting all the heat out
Shirley

Hi Shaun,

It is Niger seed, there's a sparrow that comes and upsets the Siskins abd the Goldfinches love it, the birds spend a lot of time fighting.
Shirley

Hi Shaun, Did the folks put bird seed out for that Hawfinch, I'm sure in this waether they'll be hungry. I found that most species around here are getting hungry, these Oyster Catchers were in the field by the house, there is a sort of blueish tint I'm not sure that if its the camera or they have bl...

Very red sun rise this morning and very cold, I took a photo of a distant farmhouse. I wonder if we'll have any snow.

Glad you like the Siskins Shaun, we get them only in the winter but Chris Woods has them all the year round, he and his wife feeds them every day and the results are fantastic, their lounge window faces an Alder tree which they grew from seed 13 years ago and now it full of birds everyday, Goldfinch...

Lovely photo of a Nuthatch Lisa, I haven't seen any around here., a New year's Robin, Greenfinches fighting for a place and the Siskin bought his wife and its a terrible photo my hands were freezing. What puts up a fight is the beautiful Goldfinch.
Shirley

Happy New Year from myself to all. In my search for the Holly Blue Pupa I have found loads of snails and the Song Thrush's are very grateful for anything these days. Our pond is solid all the ducks are no longer and the birds are coming in fast and furious. Looking forward to Spring.
Shirley

What beautiful photos of different blossoms, bright colours of butterflies, a joy to see. Congratulations.
From Shirley

A belated Christmas Robin and the male Siskin, I had to remove myself from the warm cosy fireside to get these photos and stand still for half an hour in an old dark ivy covered avairy (disused). back inside now

I've had the most beautiful book as a present. Its big and in full colour with glossy pages. The photos are fantasic and the information to match. There's a photo like Denise's Swallow Tail and the flower that its on is Wild Carrot, did you know that the Orange Tip caterpillar's first meal is their ...

The fox has had its Chirstmas dinner, the Muscovey Ducks are no more

From my Father and myself, Happy Christmas everyone. He likes to hear all what goes on better than Radio 4.
Shirley

Well! Pete's advice was good with the last comp, get the size to 800x800, so I've done a bit better by crop a little at a time and then resize it to as big as it will go and then crop a little more and so on and so on. Put it on the comp page and if it blends in its ok, if it sticks out like a sore ...

Roger,
All that hard work creating a wonderful display of butterflies, its pure pleasure to share your success. Thank you.

Sorry to appear dim Shaun but what is the first and second bird, light or no light they are very interesting photos.
Shirley

Slightly changed the last photos

Very nice Guy, there's a lot of hard work being put into this we-site, just touching the surface I could see that but I'll have a better look later on, interesting with the cam.
Regards shirley

Eccles I have a close up lens. Last summer I ordered it of Amazon and waited 3 months in the end they said they couldn't get one, so I ordered another from someone I forgotton and it came at the end of September and it was certainly different. This afternoon a Small Tortoiseshell appeared in the hou...

To Jack. I've never heard of a chirping cat, are they a special breed. :lol: My cat has a fasination with the decorations on the Christmas tree and the tree itself, the tree rocks from side to side and the decorations are batted with little paws until the carpet is cover with bits of tinsel and the ...

Eccles.Thanks for the advice on the Sony camera and lenes but I don't think that I am ready for a DSLR yet, I've decided to get a tele converter lens for my Panasonic and learn more about cameras and the lenes, I going to have lessons in photoshop in the New Year but I've printed out all your advice...