DJS PHOTOGRAPHY

wildlife, Nature, Environment, adventure

Phalarope Red Necked 03

Phalarope Red Necked 09

Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus (C)

A good twitch from Gloucestershire in October 2005 - usually found in the Arctic and Shetland. A very active bird that feeds on invertebrates stirred up by its lobed feet. Famous for the females being the unfaithful sex, the males being left to bring up the kids! This tired male is on his way to the Arabian Sea for Christmas.

Wader Roost Southport Pier 01

Wader roost

A typical roost of knot, dunlin and godwit with Southport Pier in the background. January 2005.

Bar tailed Godwit 07 crop

Bar tailed godwit Limosa lapponica

Looking out to sea this time, Southport, UK.

Sanderling 01

Sanderling Calidris alba

Knot 04

Red knot Calidris canutus

Photographed at Severn Beach, my local wader spot, soon to be destroyed by the Severn barrage!

Oystercatcher 2 (S)

Oystercatcher Haemotopus ostralegus (S)

Early dawn at Snettisham on the Norfolk Coast gives the scene a very cool blue light.

Avocet 02 crop

Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta (C)

One of the most annoying things when photographing from a car is that sometimes the bird flies off before you've braked, on with the handbrake, down with the window, up with the beanbag and out with the lens... Avocet 02 was one such shot - it was taken by my girlfriend Jenka who was in the back of the car with the camera at the ready! Cropped off the top and bottom.

Dunlin juvenile 03

Dunlin Calidris alpina

A juvenile lost and all alone on Douglas sea front, Isle of Man, 2005.

Purple Sandpiper 12

Purple Sandpiper 13

Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima

The east coast of the UK is generally known as purple sandpiper territory. They can be elusive, but are often confiding little birds when found. Search for them near water level amongst seaweed covered rocks and crashing waves. These were taken in North Berwick in November 2005.