24 November, 2025
The October Wasp – A One Shot Story
I came across the wasp while walking to town on an unremarkable Sunday afternoon. This modest photo was taken with an ailing Pentax Auto 110 film camera, using a generic colour ...
10 November, 2025
A Fence For Two and a Story In One (Shot)
Birding has been a part of me ever since I was 11, both as a passion and a way to de-stress. While I’ve taken many photos with my phone’s camera, in all of this time, I’ve never...
1 October, 2025
Beyond the Fog: 36 Views of Richmond Park
Each autumn, the pictures return. Mist hangs over the bracken, dawn light glows orange, and in the centre a stag, antlers catching the first rays or head tilted back in a roar. ...
27 May, 2025
Parakeets Playing it Cool in the Cold
This post is a short, personal record of London’s wild parakeets, seen from a fourth-floor window in West London, from winter into spring. It can be easy to miss what is just ou...
25 March, 2025
The Boat and the Heron – One Shot Story
Maybe you’ve experienced it – a moment so still it seems like time has stopped. It could be from intense focus or a deep calm, but the moment has probably cemented itself ...
2 March, 2025
One Shot Story – A Mallard Drake
Close to my home there is a small valley with a creek and 10 kilometers of paved trail. I have been riding my bicycle on the trail for a few years, witnessing a steadily increas...
2 November, 2024
“The Puffin Inspectors” – One-Shot Story
Previously, I described rather special experiences with birds– here, here and here. But this next one was just a bit different. Our 2018 tour of Newfoundland visited a Puf...
15 March, 2023
The Jumping Bird (A One-Shot Story) – By Dave Powell
In May 2020, word went out that gangs of Baltimore Orioles had invaded Massachusetts. Fresh citrus is one of the birds’ favorite treats, and as you see, I strung a chunk of mand...