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These two little ducklings went over a small weir at the bottom of Cheddar Gorge, and just managed to scramble out of the water onto this rock where they seemed to cuddle each other for comfort.

The Fulmar is almost gull-like but is a grey and white seabird that is related to the albatrosses. It flies low over the sea on stiff wings with shallow wing beats, gliding and banking to show its white under-parts and then grey upper-parts. At its breeding sites it will fly high up the cliff face riding...

Gannet caught gathering nesting material at RSPB Bempton Cliffs

Our bird feeders attract a large number of many species of birds, even though our garden is very small and in an open aspect in a small rural village.. My favourite is the Robin.

An obliging greenfinch at our old calf-feeder water trough in the garden

The weather may be foul in November but there are always the grey seals of Lincolnshire to look forward to each year! This pup was just a couple of hours old.

This male Great Spotted Woodpecker is a regular visitor to the silver birch trees at RSPB Top Lodge at Fineshade, Northants, along with three females. He's fascinating to watch as he'll take food from the feeders and then push it into a tiny hole in the birch before taking breaking it up into...

The walk over Holyhead Mountain to South Stack is reward enough thanks to the beauty of the area. Once there there's the added bonus of puffins and choughs!

Taken from the cliffs at RSPB South Stack - one of the most beautiful, diverse places to visit in North Wales* * Except on foggy days. 8-)

Taken at RSPB Top Lodge, Fineshade, Northants.

On of the beauties of the inveterate world, this shot was taken on the RSPB Abernethy Reserve, Scotland. Walking by a woodland pond on a sunny afternoon provided a great opportunity to see many dragonflies. It is not only bird species that you can see on the RSPB reserves but truly magically insects...

A semi-regular visitor to the tables at RSPB Top Lodge, Fineshade, Northants, there are few more beautiful birds than the jay.

Photograph taken at Strumpshaw Fen, Norwich, Norfolk, on 07-02-2012. I spotted this female Kestrel perched at the top of a tall bush / tree, so I decided to try to approach her. After very carefully stalking her for two hundred yards while she kept her eye on me, I was finally close enough for...

The Kingfisher is a small unmistakable bright blue and orange bird of slow moving or still water. They fly rapidly and low over water and hunt fish from riverside perches, occasionally hovering above the water's surface. Kingfishers are vulnerable to hard winters and habitat degradation through pollution...

The Kingfisher is a small unmistakable bright blue and orange bird of slow moving or still water. They fly rapidly and low over water and hunt fish from riverside perches, occasionally hovering above the water's surface. Kingfishers are vulnerable to hard winters and habitat degradation through pollution...

Beautiful clear blue skies and a sunny September day made it a pleasure to enjoy the RSPB reserve at Lake Vyrnwj, Wales

Also known as the Peewit in imitation of its display calls, the Lapwing’s proper name describes its wavering flight. Its black and white appearance and round-winged shape in flight make it distinctive even without its crest. This familiar farmland bird has suffered a significant decline in the...

An Egret appears to imitate its ornamental kind - which is which?!

The Little Egret is a small white heron with attractive white plumes on its crest, back and chest, black legs and bill and yellow feet. Little Egrets first appeared in the UK in significant numbers in 1989 and first bred in Dorset in 1996. Colonisation followed naturally from a range expansion in to...

The Little Egret is a small white heron with attractive white plumes on its crest, back and chest, black legs and bill and yellow feet. Little Egrets first appeared in the UK in significant numbers in 1989 and first bred in Dorset in 1996. Colonisation followed naturally from a range expansion in to...

Loch Garten lies between the River Spey and the Cairngorm Mountains just to the north east of Aviemore and became famous in 1954 when a pair of Ospreys returned to nest here, the first since 1910. Loch Garten is situated in the Abernethy Forest, part of the largest native Caledonian pine forest in the...

Newly erected bird box being given the once over by great spotted woodpecker. Taken from the hide at Top Lodge, Fineshade, Northants.

The Mallard is a large and heavy looking duck. It is common and widespread and there is a chance of seeing it just about anywhere where there is suitable wetland habitat including in urban areas. It breeds in all parts of the UK and can be found on large and small lakes, slow-flowing rivers, reservoirs...

A robin perched next to me at Kelsey Park.

Winter Starlings gathering to roost at Ham Wall RSPB Reserve, on the Somerset Levels, a huge draw for visiters to the reserve on a cold winters evening and one of natures spectacles in the UK.