August 2025

After a minor op in mid July the camera was on hold for a while and since then photo opportunities seem to to have been distinclty limited but here are a meagre few additions to the annual challenge - hopefully better to come in September

some Common Blue butterflies from a lovely evening at Wild wren

different takes on the sunset butterfly

all with the Canon RF 100-500 lens and Canon R6II

juvenile Greenshank 161 on the challenge list - thus far it has been abysmal locally for passage waders

and in some nice coloured water

a trip to the coast during a near gale produced very little but a small gathering of Sandwich terns made it to 162

black and white version

a fly by male Hobby on the local pits

never tire of encounters with the Hobby

a stunning sunrise one day last week taken with the 200-800 lens

some serious rubbish at a huge distance the moulting adult Pectoral Sandpiper at Alkborough - maybe better later in the autumn but 163 for now

Curlew and crab - the battle was short lived before it went down

juvenile Common Sandpiper

164 a somewhat boring portrait of a juvenile Ruff but the light has been so dire of late its hard to make anything look decent

Ruff and Common Sandpiper together or sort of