Author Archives: Mike Hessey

I have a lot of great tits visiting the feeders at present, but this one is unusually lacking in colour.

It should be in flower very soon. I always enjoy seeing it in the lawn.

In the front garden of the neighbour opposite, so the third longest outing I’ve had from my house in over a year – I walked straight across the road for this.

I don’t usually encourage them (quite the opposite), but this one has become a frequent visitor, and provides a subject when I’m stuck for something to photograph!

Another difficult day. Last attempt with the Fujis – The X-T2 seems to work most of the time, but the others are rubbish.

They are coming quite regularly at present, though I hadn’t seen them for weeks until then. I’m having a VERY stressful time at the moment trying to get the Fujis to work via a phone app. If they connect at … Continue reading →

There were a few flakes of snow around this morning, which brought quite a lot of birds to the feeders, though nothing unusual. The extra shows one of the male woodpeckers, which come quite regularly. The female is here much … Continue reading →

I don’t really like cutting flowers (!), but these were given to me by a very kind ex-next-door-neighbour, who also gave me an Ester egg. The extra is another Easter flow, growing in the garden. Photographically another immensely frustrating day … Continue reading →