Winged creatures

If my hands don't shake too much from the cold or excitement, and the camera's battery and memory card are also hidden away, I sometimes manage to capture a few encounters and sightings on photos. Here is a selection for you to view and wonder at, to criticise and to praise.

  • Wood pigeon

  • Knight before sunset

  • Whooper swan family on a summer evening

  • Saturday-goers tasting maple sap

  • Overwinterer

  • New tracks

  • Red-breasted flycatcher

  • Chiffchaff's snack

  • The performance of the little crane

  • Acorn manager

  • Portrait of the Sandman

  • Sinisaba

  • Wood warbler

  • Wood anemone

  • Willow grouse in a blizzard

  • Lovely jay

  • Silent flight

  • Red crossbill

  • Coal tit

  • Pied crow's sharp gaze

  • Taiga tit on the forest floor

  • Little reed warblers

  • Chaffinch chicks

  • Before dark