Pick of the Month - May 2019
This year I wanted to showcase the images which I felt were the best I had taken in any one month. They won't necessarily be wildlife orientated and could include landscape or architecture. MAY It's been a month for wildlife. I love this time of year when insects are getting about and birds are busy with young. I am very fortunate that I live overlooking the river and fields and have again been lucky to have a Barn Owl regularly hunting in the nearby field. One morning the owl was hunting very close to the river and I was able to catch a shot of him hovering above his prey. The local conservation area gives me chance to photograph insects and I found this Pyrochroa serraticornis on some 'Goose Grass'. I sat and watched the Heron for a good while at RSPB MInsmere while it was trying to devour it's lunch. I took several photos as the eel wriggled and tossed and turned, and occasionally the heron would drop it and then quickly recover it again. When it became too grit...