SWMBO and I spent a week in Ullswater, staying near Pooley Bridge. After an 8 1/2 hour journey, 7 1/2 driving (should have taken 5 hours, but was held up through multiple roadworks on M6 by people who can't drive at 30 mph let alone 50 mph in a straight line through three thin lanes) we wanted to be outdoors. After a hasty supper, we took off at 18:30 on a 2 mile walk from our hotel.
Flat calm. No traffic as road was closed. Bird song every where. Birds mostly hidden by foliage, as they fed or brooded their young. Took the Canon R7 out for a test drive with new AF settings.
Chaffinches galore. This one was unusually brave (or stupid) as it happily continued singing, even though I was about 10m from it.
Light was fading during our walk, not helped by some cloud.
Yet another Chaffinch foraging for food.
Cropping out to get a close look at what it had caught.
I forgot to take my monopod on the walk. However, the Memsahib made a very good bipedalpod. She gave me a fighting chance of photographing one of these.
I'll leave it to the experts to identify this beastie. I think it's a Dunnock, but can't tell.
Also one of these
Is it a Whitethroat?
There were an awful lot of them around. Another Whitethroat, I'm hoping.
Lots of rude sheep
90% luck, 5% field craft, 5% camera skills.
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I'm envious of those brilliant photos Angus, the R7 is definitely perfomring well. But I'm not so envious of your prolonged journey, though I do sympathise. I've had to make that traumatic drive too many times over the years.
My last visit to the Lake District must be 20+ years ago, and that was a busy time, but it was holiday season, so we expected it.
But it was worth it looking at those photos, they really are very good.
regards
John