Back in Hangzhou, Qiantang New Forest Park When: May 2019 Weather: Warm 20C Nikon P900 Leica M10P 35mm Summilux In Hangzhou once again and set off for an early 7am morning walk from the … Continue reading
When: May 2019 Weather: Cool 18C Nikon P900 Leica M10 35mm Summilux My second morning, on entering the BCER via the Oceanridge Drive entrance, I turned right on the Brightwater Trail and headed towards Warner, intending to walk towards the … Continue reading
When: May 2019 Weather: Cool 15C Nikon P900, Leica M10/35 summilux After my meeting in San Diego, I was very fortunate to be invited to stay in Orange County, at the Brightwater estate which borders the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve(BCER). … Continue reading
When: May 2019. Weather: Hot 20C Leica M10P/35mm Summilux and Nikon P900 Managed to get away from the Shopping outlet at Carlsbad to have a quick look round the Carlsbad Flower Fields just next door. It’s an easy walk pass … Continue reading
Birding Srinagarind Dam, Kanchanaburi, Thailand When: March 2019 Weather: Hot 30C Nikon P900, Leica M10P. 35mm Summilux. 15mm Voigtlander In Bangkok for a few days and we managed a visit to the … Continue reading
Dubai Dabblings and a few birds When: February 2019 Weather: Cool 18-20C Leica M10P/35 summilux. Nikon P900 Dubai in February is a very nice time of the year to be there….it’s of course famed … Continue reading
Snipe seeking in Singapore
When: February 2019 Weather: Hot 25C
Nikon P900 and Sony A55 with 70-400mm x2TC
With reports of the painted snipe and pin-tailed snipe in the Neo Tiew area of Singapore and my little 10 yr old niece from Scotland wanting to bird, we set off at 7am to the area where they had been sighted…
Traipsing along a little canal side, we looked for the other photographers and we started seeing some activity in and around the water where the canal turned and disappeared…
a wood sandpiper on a mudbank from afar
Wood sandpipers foraging
and on the muddy shore, a little ring plover
little ring plover
little ring plover
egret
and then from behind the greenery the unmistakeable features of the painted snipe appeared!
painted snipe and wood sandpiper
front view
back view
Painted snipe : photo by Emily Chong
And then in a flurry of brown….the other snipe appeared…
the pin-tailed snipe
much better picture of the pin-tailed snipe taken by my niece Emily.
Last bird of the morning….the grey wagtail
A couple of hours’ birding yielded two lifers…not bad going on the second day of the lunar new year….
Amritsar and the Golden Temple When: January 2019. Weather: Coldish 10-18C Leica M10P 75mm summilux and 35mm summilux. Canon 24-105mm In Amritsar for a weekend and the golden temple of course was a must to visit. Not really having … Continue reading
Not skiing Niseko..birding? When: December 2018 Weather: Cold Snow covered.. -5C Leica M10P/Monochrom. 50mm F2.0 APO summicron, 35mm Summilux F1.4. Nikon P900 On a family holiday in Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan, everyone but me was skiing and snow boarding; … Continue reading
Birding the Lower Back Bay Loop When: December 2018 Weather : Cold 10-15C Nikon P900 Leica MP10 35 Summilux In between my meetings at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Jamboree Road, it was possible … Continue reading
