A few shots of a group of starlings looking for food, poking about in the grass down by the river Medway in Maidstone.
Starlings Looking for Food
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Starlings Fighting / Loving?
A couple of starlings outside my home, down on the pavement, getting physical. I’m not sure if this is some kind of mating ritual or what. Are they fighting, are they playing or are they lovin’ ? I think male and female starlings look the same so there is no clue in their appearance. All I know is I crept a little bit too close to them and they spotted me and flew off superfast. I think starlings are really beautiful birds – that sleek beak look makes them ” the concorde of birds ” for me.
Grey Wagtail fishing for dinner at Loose Stream
I spotted a grey wagtail at loose stream near maidstone, kent, hopping and bopping about, looking for some food for . He eventually hopped down to the water’s edge to do a spot of fishing and caught a himself a little shrimp.
Blackbirds
Selection of images showing blackbirds – juveniles, males and females from around England and the United Kingdom.
St Peters Church, Boughton Monchelsea
St Peters Church is situated in a lovely location on the outskirts of Boughton Monchelsea on a hillside overlooking Boughton Park and its verdant fields redolent with wild deer.
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River Medway Birds
A collection of bird photos from on and around the River Medway in Kent.
All Saints Church in Loose
All Saints Church in Loose is a beautiful old church with a beautiful churchyard in a beautiful village. Beautiful! An ancient churchyard surrounds the church on all sides and features some really interesting old graves. The church is built on a significant slope so the grounds to the rear of the building are raised up to overlook the adjacent vicarage and its pretty gardens. The churchyard extends down the slope away from the church where it meets a raised wall overlooking the picturesque loose stream and path as the they meander towards the chequers pub nearby.
The church and churchyard are very old and the site dates back at least to the norman invasion of 1066 – a yew tree on the site is actually mentioned in the historical Domesday Book of 1086. The church is in active and busy use and is home to a large and enthusiastic congregation from the village and surrounding area.
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Hothfield Heath
Hothfield Heath is a beautiful piece of heathland found near the village of Hothfield in Kent. Its a nice place and there is free parking nearby. When I went there were a few dog walkers around but it was pretty quiet otherwise. There is also a cafe just down the road if you need some sustenance though I haven’t tried it yet.
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Two Crazy Cats
Crockett and Tubbs are two crazy cats! They are a couple of black and white moggies that live with me, or rather I live with them since they more or less have the run of the place. Purchased for £15 from a chap in Biddenden up the road, they were an absolute steal – great fun and good company though a bit overbearing at times. I think C and T definitely have some Siamese cat ancestry, more than likely traditional Siamese rather than modern – rather ugly imo – big eared Siamese breeds. They have got quite round faces ( apple-heads as breeders call them) , sleek, muscular bodies and beautiful, soft, shiny fur – it is exceptionally fine and shiny, more than any other cats I can remember stroking! Crockett and Tubbs are a also couple of real characters! Crockett – the one with the white spot on his nose – regularly talks to me and goes mad when its playtime. He also likes popcorn. Tubbs likes to play fetch – i throw his mousey toy and he brings it back to me, and we then rinse and repeat a while. They are like dogs really and they follow me everywhere! They are very good natured and have never bitten or scratched me in anger, only when playing. I keep them indoors because the area around my home isn’t the best for cats plus my previous cat ( a pedigree Norwegian forest cat ) went missing so I am a little paranoid about letting them out. But I am seriously thinking about taking Crockett and Tubbs for walks. I think it might just work if I used a long lead!
Birth of a Lava Lamp
When you first buy a lava lamp it is basically unborn – a foetus of cold rubbery goo sitting still and motionless at the bottom of a glass container. To make things happen one must birth the lava lamp by connecting it to some power volts and switching on the hot bulb under the lamp. The goo is then heated and magically comes to life. These are photographic observations of the birth of a lava lamp, taken round Austin’s house one lazy weekday afternoon when we had nothing better to do.
Some of the pictures are not of the greatest quality – we were experimenting with my new camera using different lenses and equipment and such like to get good macro close up shots. This involved using various paraphernalia such as extension tubes with manual focus in poor light – never a good combination if you want to get good, sharp shots. So these are my numerous excuses why some of the shots are out of focus and I’m sticking to ’em! But I still managed to snap a few keepers.
