Plenty of these around at this time of year at RSPB Marshide. The light was a little harsh and I would have liked the sun lower in the sky, however I like the action.  

Another in the series of high speed flash images. This background proved to be useless for Coal Tits and Great Tits as the bird colour just blended into the background.

This was taken early one morning whilst waiting for the hares to arrive. It had found some small branches overhanging a drainage ditch which it clasped hold of for support.

My favourite bird hunting for its breakfast. Taken early in the morning about an hour after the sun had risen. There were two in the fields, the female getting herself fit and strong for the breeding season ahead.

The challenge continues. Here are some more recent attempts to capture high speed in flight images of the birds in my garden.

Like so many at this time of year, I have spent lots of time waiting for some Mad March Hare activity. I have located pockets of hares but trying to get the combination of hares, low angle, boxing activity and low light is not proving to easy, as you might imagine.

Here is a standard hare that bolted as soon as it realised a human was around.

Whilst waiting for the hares a Wheatear dropped in. Quite a heavy crop but the first sighting of one for me in 2008.

I have been trying to capture small birds in flight recently. Here is the latest attempt of a Robin that is so friendly he follows me around the garden most mornings.

It is always nice to get close enough to wild hares to get a photograph. This was taken about 10 minutes after the sun came over the horizon.

I’ve put a few early morning hours in this week chasing Barn Owls across fields.  Here is one before the sun came up. The Brambling has been around for a few days, but prefers the ground to perches and the frogs are back in the pond, together with the camera.          

An early morning picture of a brown hare taken at the beginning of the month. I needed the hare to sit around for a further 10 minutes to get some more light onto its fur but unfortunately it moved away…..