Robin - Erithacus rubecula
Canon 600mm f4 for 1/1600th @ iso320
One of the pair of Robins who have nested in the ivy at the back of the pond in the garden. No need for props, there is enough garden paraphernalia and junk dotted about the garden. The birds sought worms, a multitude of insects from various perches, including the watering can, the trampoline and from the top of the spades and trowels lying about the garden since the onset of the warm weather, which has made the tidying up of the garden less like an arctic expedition during the months previous to April when cold and wet weather was an almost daily occurrence !
Easy or even perhaps lazy photography sitting in the sun letting them go about their continuous forays for food for their ever growing chicks, and getting a snap of them whenever they alighted.
I resisted all temptation to clamber around the back of the pond to peer into the ivy and see how many youngsters they had.
One thing I did find fascinating was the ease at which they found worms in the lawn and in the flowerbeds, whenever I attempt to dig any for fishing I find none, yet this pair of Robins brought back seemingly a bucket full of them.
One of the pair of Robins who have nested in the ivy at the back of the pond in the garden. No need for props, there is enough garden paraphernalia and junk dotted about the garden. The birds sought worms, a multitude of insects from various perches, including the watering can, the trampoline and from the top of the spades and trowels lying about the garden since the onset of the warm weather, which has made the tidying up of the garden less like an arctic expedition during the months previous to April when cold and wet weather was an almost daily occurrence !
Easy or even perhaps lazy photography sitting in the sun letting them go about their continuous forays for food for their ever growing chicks, and getting a snap of them whenever they alighted.
I resisted all temptation to clamber around the back of the pond to peer into the ivy and see how many youngsters they had.
One thing I did find fascinating was the ease at which they found worms in the lawn and in the flowerbeds, whenever I attempt to dig any for fishing I find none, yet this pair of Robins brought back seemingly a bucket full of them.