Little Elephant Hawk Moth in the garden, nr Orvieto, Italy in camera stack, Om1mk2 and 90mm Butterfly Conservation 🦋 OM SYSTEM Cameras

What a glorious bird the bee-eater is, near Orvieto Italy. RSPB Birdwatch OM SYSTEM Cameras

kickstarter.com/projects/wilde… very excited about this book which needs support in a good cause

Swift by name and swift by nature. Our local church is alive with growing families. RSPB OM SYSTEM Cameras BBC Springwatch SWNS.com Shropshire Wildlife Trust Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre

wwt.org.uk/wetland-centre… My first big show at WWT London Wetland centre until 22 September detailing my ten years of work black darter dragonflies OM SYSTEM Cameras

It’s Swift Awareness Week and lovely to capture flight trails at our local church - lots of busy nest boxes! #swiftawarenessweek Hannah Bourne-Taylor BBC Springwatch RSPB BirdGuides Birdwatch SWNS.com Patrick Barkham Chris Packham Shropshire Wildlife Trust OM SYSTEM Cameras

Nice to have my pics on BBC Midlands Today who were talking about Swift Awareness Week RSPB OM SYSTEM Cameras SWNS.com

A swift exit at our local church all the nest boxes are busy! #swiftawarenessweek OM1, 150-400 and 2x RSPB Birdwatch BTO Garden BirdWatch Iolo Williams Chris Packham Patrick Barkham BBC Springwatch BBC Countryfile

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Swift trails - I love the patterns of flight, so elegant! RSPB BBC Springwatch #swiftawarenessweek BBC Countryfile OM SYSTEM Cameras Shropshire Wildlife Trust

When great white egret appeared at the lake for the first time in 2018, I dreamed of getting a shot like this. OM1 150-400 RSPB Shropshire Wildlife Trust OM SYSTEM Cameras BBC Springwatch Birdwatch NG Your Shot Nat Geo Photography

This ruby tailed wasp flew into my window and I got 3 for the price of one! RSPB Shropshire Wildlife Trust OM SYSTEM Cameras BBC Wildlife NG Your Shot #natgeoyourshortnature

Off to the final day of the Global Birdfair today to give my talk at the OM stand at 2pm. This bathing linnet at Shingle St from my book Garden Safari. RSPB OM SYSTEM Cameras Birdwatch BTO Garden BirdWatch BBC Springwatch SuffolkWildlifeTrust

Female gloworm, in a garden on the slopes of the Long Mynd - one of my favourite images from Garden Safari. OM1 and 90mm macro Shropshire Wildlife Trust Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre Graffeg BBC Countryfile Nat Geo Photography OM SYSTEM Cameras

Hugely honoured that my Robin family in a farm wall has been selected to go in the Bird Photographer of the Year 2025 book which means it’s made the top 1% of entrants, a real honour. Winners announced in September. RSPB Shropshire Wildlife Trust OM SYSTEM Cameras BBC Wildlife

Lovely to get a full page in Garden News and a nice write up in Women’s Weekly for Garden Safari Graffeg @omsystem

Damselfly at sunset, Long mynd National Trust Natural England Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Shropshire Wildlife Trust Close-up Photographer of the Year

Taken exactly 5 years ago, on the Long Mynd and made the cover of the Guardian but this year, bog pools drying up due to climate change and not a single black darter. Worrying times. RSPB National Trust Natural England Shropshire Wildlife Trust Iolo Williams Patrick Barkham

I found the wing of a peacock butterfly in the road, prob predated by a bird - Lepidoptera means scaly wing and they can be covered in scales O1mk2, 90mm and 2x focus stack Butterfly Conservation 🦋 OM SYSTEM Cameras RSPB BBC Springwatch Patrick Barkham

Female black darter rising moon taken back in 2018- Highly Commended in British Wildlife Photography Awards. Sadly in the last week I have only found 2 up on the Long Mynd - bog pools nearly dried up. National Trust British Wildlife Photography Awards OM SYSTEM Cameras