Thursday 29 December 2016

29th December 2016







Sunset near the MVCP Pillinge

Wednesday 28 December 2016

28th December 2016


 Shoveler from the MVCP pillinge hide
Reflections from the MVCP pillinge hide

Wednesday 28 September 2016

28th September 2016

On my 3rd day of trying I finally caught up with the Willow Emeralds that Dave Ball had found the previous week in the MVCP boardwalk pond.






Tuesday 23 August 2016

23rd August 2016

A Chinese Character moth that was attracted to a light outside my parents house


Monday 22 August 2016

22nd August 2016

Pond-skaters eating a fly in the MVCP boardwalk pond
Migrant Hawker also at the MVCP boardwalk pond



Saturday 20 August 2016

20th August 2016

I was woken up in Abingdon by a call about 9am saying Steven Northwood had found a Little Bitten on the MVCP Pillinge, the first Country record for about 100 years! I arrived in the Pillinge hide about 11.15am to hear the bird had flown into a reed bed to the right of the hide about 10.30am so I settled in to wait for it to re-appear with Dave Ball. Fortunately, it did, but not until about 4.30pm and I eventually saw it 3 times that afternoon.
 Little Bittern!!


Friday 13 May 2016

13th May 2016

An adult Kittiwake that flew North over Stewartby Lake at 10.30am

Monday 9 May 2016

9th May 2016


The transit of Mercury across the Sun photographed from by the visitors centre. (Mercury is in the triangle and a sunspot is in the rectangle)

Sunday 8 May 2016

8th May 2016



A newly emerged Hairy Dragonfly in the MVCP sensory garden

Saturday 7 May 2016

7th May 2016



Displaying Great-crested Grebes on the MVCP Pillinge

Wednesday 4 May 2016

4th May 2016


A Grass Snake swimming through the MVCP boardwalk pond

Tuesday 3 May 2016

3rd May 2016

 Dingy Skipper


Oystercatcher MVCP Pillinge

Monday 2 May 2016

2nd May 2016


Sunset over Stewartby Lake


Saturday 30 April 2016

30th April 2016

A Sparrowhawk being mobbed by Sand Martins over the MVCP Pillinge


Dawn over Stewartby Lake, taken during the dawn chorus walk

Sunday 10 January 2016

10th January 2016

A sunset panorama photo taken from the MVCP access track




Monday 4 January 2016

4th January 2016


Two sunset photos over the MVCP and a photo of a meteor taken from my parents garden.