I thought it might be a good idea to cover the wildlife and photography goings on each month of the year this year. At least 80% of my photography takes place at home in the Berwyn’s, North Wales and often, most of the images I take do not make my social media pages. Where, Rosie, Hetty and Charlie seem to be the most popular posts. It will also be something nice, to look back on in the future, if I can keep up to date on the posts.
Around Christmas time each year, Starlings start to use the valley our house over looks as a route up to their roost in a pine plantation on top of the Berwyn’s. While it is not quite what you’d call a murmuration in terms of the swirling flocks of birds seen elsewhere. We do get several thousand birds fly past over the space of half an hour every evening.
Sometimes, you get a wonderful sunset and the starlings turn up just too late.
January also saw some snow, we’re often often snowed in when it snows, so I make the most of what is available to me at home. That means Robins in the snow. I have a woodland hide and a feeding station for the birds, this makes them very tame and its not usually a problem to get some images.
Needless to say other garden birds got in on the act too.
Finally, an image each of Rosie and Charlie in the snow, Hetty was sensible and stayed underground in her earth.
