Dolphin in the Boyne River Drogheda
What a beautiful sight to see a Dolphin swimming so far up the Boyne River. Drogheda now has its own Fungi!! Great to see so many people come out to catch a glimpse.
Wading Birds On The Boyne River
I captured some beautiful photos of wading birds that wade in and feed on the mudflats of the Boyne River Estuary at Drogheda. I found that some birds wade in shallow water, while others feed on the rocky shoreline. The wading birds mostly have long legs and bills which enable them look for food in […]
Brent Geese
I spent a couple of hours early this morning photographing Brent Geese along the Boyne River Estuary. We are lucky here in Louth that large flocks of this long distance migratory Geese feed up and down the River and coastal areas. It will not be long now till these Geese continue on there Migratory cycle […]
Redshank along the Boyne River Estuary
What amazing light there was on Sunday morning for photographing wading birds within my 5 kilometres restriction . I decided to target the Redshank as there was a large flock feeding along the river channel of the Boyne river estuary at Drogheda in County Louth. It can be hard to get a decent-sized image of […]
Juvenile Cormorant Canal Drogheda
During my walk this morning along the Boyne Green way at the Ramparts in Drogheda, I spotted a Juvenile Cormorant standing on the edge of the canal. I didn’t have my camera with me, so I decided to head back home and pick up both my camera, tripod and gimbal head. The tripod was essential […]
Bird Reflection Pool For Garden Photography
I was looking to take my garden bird photography to another level, so I decided to create a reflection pool that can be portable and that would not make to much of a mess of the garden. It’s was really easy to create using a black plastic potting tray that measures about 1 meter long. […]
Garden Bird Photography
Last Saturday I spent the morning in the back garden setting up a new perch for photographing the birds that come to my feeders. I brought home a nice mossy tree branch that I picked up from a walk I had earlier in the week along the Boyne River in my local area in Drogheda. […]
The Dunnock along the Boyne River
The Dunnock As the World continues it’s battle against Covid-19 and with more lock down restrictions in Ireland, I took the decision earlier last year that I was going to start photographing wild birds in my local area of Drogheda as I found myself starting to struggle with compositions locally for landscape photography. So last […]
Christmas Lights in Drogheda
Drogheda town really pushed the boat out this year with a great display of Christmas Lights around the town. The Christmas Lights feature not only in the town itself but also along the Boyne River at Scotch Hall and D-hotel. I was after a couple of reflection shots along the river to reflect the Christmas […]
The Mary McAleese Boyne Cable Bridge
The Mary McAleese Boyne Cable Bridge I woke up early on New Years Eve to drop my son off to work locally and to my surprise there was a fresh fall of snow on the ground. I decided to bring my camera gear and drone with me for on the way back, so I could […]