I have recently returned from a trip to South Africa and specifically Cape Town, an exciting and interesting place for all sorts of reasons. The wildlife opportunities are immense and varied with a vast variety of birdlife. One bird that I found interesting and very approachable was the Cape Spurfowl or Cape Francolin Pternistis capensis. […]
Author: Charles Fleming
Charles Fleming is a wildlife photographer and nature blogger based in South West England. His blog "Wildlife in a Suburban Garden" has more than 1400 entries and a link to galleries where you can view more than 4000 images from the UK and the rest of the world featuring photographs of more than 500 species. "My aim is to try and put my readers and viewers intimately close to the subject and to share the thrill of watching and photographing birds and wildlife at close quarters".
Wildlife in a Suburban Garden
It’s interesting to note that the common tit species in the UK and Europe have beaks of slightly different lengths and shapes. This enables them to co-exist in the same habitat and even in the same mixed species flocks. Coal Tits for example, although smaller than Blue Tits, have a longer and proportionally longer beak. […]
Kingfishers
In the last few years I have been fortunate enough to have visited four continents, (if you include my home in Europe) and in the next few days I am off to Africa, my fifth! In the UK the Common Kingfisher is a protected species and I am fortunate enough to have a license to […]
The Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
The Eurasian Jay is a common bird in the UK and a common, colourful member of the Crow family. They are an intelligent, resourceful, bird that will eat a variety of food including nuts, seeds and even other birds and small mammals whenever they get the opportunity. They are well known to cache away food […]
Nuthatch – Sitta europaea
Nuthatches are an interesting little bird that will commonly come to feeders especially at this time of the year. I have a permanent hide and a feeding station next to a wood here in Exeter, Devon, UK. Nuthatches are one of the most common visitors at the feeders. At the feeders they can be aggressive […]
The Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)
The male Painted Bunting is a remarkably pretty bird and one that I enjoyed seeing and photographing when I last visited the USA and specifically Florida in January last year. I had returned to Palm Beach County hoping to improve on the Painted Bunting photographs that I had taken on a previous visit. I had […]
Common Frog (Rana temporaria)
Being a new contributor to the blog I now have an opportunity to share these images that I took back in the spring of this year. The pictures portray a youngcommon frog, (Rana temporaria) which is just changing from the tadpole stage in to a froglet, so tiny is it at this stage of life […]
Update from the hide….. mainly Nuthatches
There will be more of these reflected shots to come but probably not today. I am “house-bound” due to the appalling weather and also lack of transport but I have had a nice week and a very successful one as well. I prefer cold bright frosty days, much better for bird watching and photography. Yesterday […]