
When: May 2023 Weather: Wet and Cool 22C Nikon P950 In Taipei for a weekend, we headed off for Daan Park in Taipei City where there were apparently nesting Taiwanese Barbets. It was raining when we got there so we … Continue reading
When: May 2023 Weather: Wet and Cool 22C Nikon P950 In Taipei for a weekend, we headed off for Daan Park in Taipei City where there were apparently nesting Taiwanese Barbets. It was raining when we got there so we … Continue reading
When: May 2023 Weather: Sunny but cool 15C Nikon P950 After our conference in San Diego, we drove back up the highway stopping off at La Jolla for breakfast to visit the seals and sealions before heading back to the … Continue reading
When: May 2023 Weather: Cool 17C
Nikon P950
Checking out of our hotels early, we drove our hire car northbound out of San Diego and stopped off at La Jolla Village for breakfast and a walk along La Jolla Cove. Breakfast at recommended The Cottage restaurant was ordinary…. but La Jolla Cove was pretty as always and great value for an hour…
and just floating in the sea
La Jolla Cove is a great place to stop for an hour on the drive back to LAX…recommended.
When: May 2023 Weather : Cool 15C Leica Q, Nikon P950 Back in San Diego for our convention for the first time after a few years, we hired a car to visit the San Diego Botanic Gardens (SDBG) just 30min … Continue reading
When: November 2022. Weather : Hot 25-30C. Nikon P900, Nikon P950. Leica M11/35 Summilux With our ranger guiding us, we set off from Nana Resort to the Kaeng Krachan National Park (KKNP) about 730am and the weather soon got a … Continue reading
When: October 2022 Temperature: 30C Nikon P950
A number of common birds are often seen in the Linear Park area near my home in Singapore…
Some days we just hang around our garden where olive backed, crimson and brown throated sunbirds are frequent visitors….on this particular afternoon, my wife called me to the window to look at something in the garden….
As I’ve noted in previous blog posts, we sometimes don’t need to venture far to birdwatch….our own backyard sometimes suffices!
When: September 2022 Weather: Hot 25-30C
Leica Q, Leica M11/35mm summilux, Nikon P950
A short 4 day visit to Milan started when we landed at Malpensa and picked up a car to take a drive to the nearby Lake Maggiore, less than an hour away. The sun was shining as we descended the hilly road into Stresa and the lake was stunning in it blue green colour. The Borromean Islands were easily seen from the shore and we decided to spend a few hours exploring Stresa rather than being stuck on a boat cruising between the islands…
I was concerned about whether I could park the hire car easily in Milan but as it turns out, there were plenty of nearby blue paid parking lots at 2 euro an hour and we just used the metro whilst in Milano.
Just a short trip to Milan which is always interesting and the visit to Lake Maggiore was the icing on the cake.
When: July 2022 730am Weather: Hot 25-30C
Nikon P950
Being a public holiday we did a little birding ramble along the Old Holland Road Linear Park and linked up to the rail corridor before heading north in the direction of the old Bukit Timah Railway station which was recently refurbished and conserved. The crowds were out and there was a mini traffic jam of people and bikes on the trail…not exactly condusive to birding! But the rail corridor was a place I had always wanted to bird at…
The Rail Corridor is where the old railway line between Malaysia and Singapore ran and when the station was moved away from Keppel Station, the railway track and sleepers were largely removed and a trail made for walkers and bikers.
We accessed the rail corridor along the linear park walkway just after the canal….
And as we returned to Old Holland Road via the linear park, a pair of magnificent pied oriental hornbills flew over us to cap a very nice bird ramble indeed….recommended
Reykyavik in autumn When: September 2016 Weather: Cold 5-10C Leica M240, monochrom, 35summilux, 15mmvoigtlander, Nikon P900 After our meeting in Copenhagen, it was a short 3hour flight to Reykyavik for a … Continue reading
When: February 2016 Weather cool: 15-25C Leica M240, Monochrom, 35mmF1.4, 21mmF3.4, 50F2 Aposummicron In Siem Reap for the Chinese new year to shoot the famous ruins of Angkor Wat but also to incorporate a bit of birding this time….the … Continue reading