Max Thompson 9/9/21 Max Thompson 9/9/21

An Obliging Bird, A Special Moth and Plain Old Me

made my way back to the path and saw three photographers pointing at a bird on a rock, ‘could it be?’ I thought to myself and trotted the 20 or so meters to their location. This was indeed the bird I had come down for, living up to its reputation of being extremely showy.

Max Thompson 8/30/21 Max Thompson 8/30/21

Large Marsh Grasshoppers - Jumping their way back onto the Levels.

The Large Marsh Grasshopper - Stethophyma grossum, is one of many local rarities that we are blessed with on the Somerset Levels. This insect is Britains largest grasshopper, it is also one of the rarest having suffered catastrophic population decline over the last 40 years.

Max Thompson 4/27/21 Max Thompson 4/27/21

Dartmoor - The Dippers

Last week I was randomly scrolling the social media platforms and before long I noticed a trend, Dartmoor keeps coming up again and again. There were images of everything from epic landscapes to Lesser-spotted Woodpeckers and as a result a plan started to formulate.

Max Thompson 4/24/21 Max Thompson 4/24/21

A Day with Deer

With great effort, I succeeded in dragging my body out of bed. After a cup of tea, I was ready to go and so I set off for a small meadow on the edge of West Sedgemoor. Upon grabbing my camera bag I debated leaving the 500mm lens in the boot of the car; it’s rather heavy, and would I actually use it?

Max Thompson 4/17/21 Max Thompson 4/17/21

Catching the Pied Flycatcher

This week has been pretty full-on with long days at work, this meant I was longing for the weekend to arrive even more than usual. The weather had been teasing me all week and mercifully the forecast for Saturday was blue skies.

Max Thompson 2/13/21 Max Thompson 2/13/21

Lockdown Kingfishers

The stars of the canal are undoubtedly the Kingfishers. When I’m walking along the canal almost every other walker stops to ask “have you seen the Kingfisher?”