A female Kingfisher at Titchfield Haven this morning. I find it amazing how some birds can balance on very flexible perches.




A female Kingfisher at Titchfield Haven this morning. I find it amazing how some birds can balance on very flexible perches.




St Catherine’s Hill, Winchester, is a 58-hectare chalk grassland. It is a nature reserve managed by Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust. There are ramparts of the Iron Age hill fort cut into the 70m high hill, buried ruins of the Norman chapel that gives the site its name and several rectangular burial mounds along Plague Pit Valley, which mark the location of mass graves. It offers views over Winchester, the Itchen Valley and the surrounding countryside. As part of the management of the chalk grassland, cattle are used to help prevent scrub from building up.






Grey Heron waking for the day ahead!





This time of year with long dark days of cold, damp and very wet weather little signs of the coming of a new season are starting to show.
Snowdrops are a welcome sight.



Two Male {cock} Pheasants squaring up to each other on the South Downs.




The tide was exceptionally high yesterday, with strong winds in the Solent, so the water in Titchfield Haven was also very high, flooding many of the small islands where the birds roost.
These Lapwings were competing for a place on these wooden posts.




Island D is missing!





Celebration of Freedom installation, Portsmouth Historic Dockyard, from 9 January – May 2026.
These are cut from sheets of metal; they are flat holes cut to make the faces, etc



