Twitching

Right tried out the new Asolo walking boots and spent the day going round the RSPB reserve in Coombes and Churnet and Blackbrook park.

The RSPB reserve is about an hour away and looks to be a good place to go in the future for taking photos. I will aim to try and spend longer than the 2 hours I did there today and look to get there early to see what else I can take pictures of. Ideally I will find a few quiet areas and set myself up to take photos. Did not really get the shots I wanted as the smaller birds (except robins) do not want to pose for the camera. I did however see a buzzard so will want to go back with longer lens to get better shoots.

I took with me my Canon 500d and my 18-55 lens and also my 75-300 lens. I took most of the pictures with the 75-300 lens as this enabled me to get good pictures of the birds without getting too close.

Blackbrook was okay to and only 99p to get in (upto Feb 5th) and had a very large range of birds although very wet and snow half melted so not great backdrop for photos. May go back in spring to see if it is better.

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RSPB Coombes and Churnet


Blackbrook park