These are my favourite images of the year, in no particular order. Some might be here because I like the image and other because its the first time I photographed that bird. Click to expand them!
Northern Gannett at Bempton Cliffs. May 2026.
1/4000s f/8 ISO 640 -1.3EV
Northern Gannett Collecting nesting material at Bempton Cliffs. May 2026
1/4000s f/6.4 ISO 640 -1.3EV
Northern Gannett at Bempton Cliffs. May 2026. They are born with black feathers and gradually lose them to white in their 4th year, the first year that they return to shore to Mate.
1/5000s f/8 ISO 640 -2.0EV
Northern Gannett preening on the wing at Bempton Cliffs. June 2026.
1/3200s f/5.6 ISO 500 -1.3EV
Northern Gannett at dawn at Bempton Cliffs. June 2026.
Kittiwake taking nesting material back to the nest at Bempton Cliffs. May 2026.
1/4000s f/7.1 ISO 400 -2.0EV
Kittiwake landing on the cliff at North Landing. June 2026.
1/5000s f/8.0 ISO 1600 +0.7EV
Razorbill at Bempton Cliffs. May 2026.
1/2000s f/10 ISO 1600
Razorbill at North Landing. June 2026.
1/5000s f/5.6 ISO 800
Razorbill at Bempton Cliffs. June 2026.
1/4000s f/10 ISO 10000
Atlantic Puffin at Bempton Cliffs. May 2026.
1/5000s f/8 ISO 200
Guillemot coming into land on the cliff at North Landing. June 2026.
1/6500s f/5.6 ISO 1000 +0.7EV
Guillemot at Bempton Cliffs. June 2026.
1/5000s f/5.6 ISO 2000 -1.0EV
Dartford Warbler at Thursley Nature Reserve. March 2026.
1/2500s f/5.6 ISO 2500 +1.0EV
Sky Lark at Thursley Nature Reserve. March 2026.
1/3200s f7.1 ISO 12800 +1EV
Grey Heron eating Perch for lunch. October 2026.
Common Buzzard at Thursley Nature Reserve. February 2026.
1/2000s f/5.6 ISO 640 +1.0EV
Black-headed Gull at Tice’s Meadow. March 2026.
1/2500s f/5.6 ISO 1000 -0.3EV
Black-headed Gull at Tice’s Meadow. August 2026.
1/3200s f/7.1 ISO 640
Brent Goose at Keyhaven and Pennington Marshes. March 2026.
1/2500s f/5.6 ISO 320
Goldfinch at Thursley Nature Reserve. April 2026.
1/3200s f/5.6 ISO 640 +1.0EV
Red Kite being chased off by a Lesser Black-backed Gull at Tice’s Meadow. April 2026.
1/3200s f/5.6 ISO 500 +1.0EV
Curlew at Thursley Nature Reserve. April 2026.
1/3200s f8 ISO 8000 +2.3EV
1/3200s f8.0 ISO 4000 +0.7EV
Great Crested Greb showing their breeding plumage art Tice’s Meadow. April 2026.
1/3200s f/7.1 ISO 800 +1.0EV
1/2500s f/5.6 ISO 500
Great Crested Grebe eating lunch at Tice’s Meadow. September 2026.
1/4000s f/8 ISO 4000 +1EV
Greater Spotted Woodpecker at Tice’s Meadow. April 2026.
1/3200s f8 ISO 5000 +1EV
Kestrel at Edenbrooke Country Park. April 2026.
1/5000s f/7.1 ISO 1000 +1.0EV
Lapwing at Pulborough Brookes. April 2026. If you can catch the light at the right angle, it really shows off those beautiful iridescent side feathers
1/2500s f/7.1 ISO 1000
White-tailed Eagle at Pulborough Brooks. April 2026.
1/2000s f/6.4 ISO 250
Common Tern at Tice’s Meadow. May 2026.
1/5000s f/5.6 ISO 640 -0.7EV
After scooping an insect of the surface of the water, a tern will shake its head to dispel water.
1/5000s f/5.6 ISO 1000 -1.0EV
1/5000s f/5.6 ISO 1000 -1.0EV
Little Egret at Farlington Marshes Nature Reserve. May 2026.
1/3200s f/10 ISO 1250 +2.0EV
Little Egret at Tice’s Meadow. July 2026.
1/5000s f/7.1 ISO 640 -1.0EV
Little Egret at Kilnsea Wetlands. September 2026.
1/3200s f8 ISO 3200 +0.7EV
1/3200s f/8 ISO 3200
1/2000s f/8 ISO 2000 +1EV
Great Cormorant taking lunch at Tice’s Meadow. July 2026.
Great Comorant at Kings Pond. October 2026.
Linnet at Farlington Marshes Nature Reserve. May 2026.
1/2500s f/7.1 ISO 1000
Whitethroat at Bempton Cliffs. June 2026.
1/3200s f/5.6 ISO 5000 +1EV
Meadow Brown Butterfly at Tice’s Meadow. July 2026.
1/4000s f/5.6 ISO 1000
Farnborough Air Show from Caesers Camp. July 2026.
1/4000s f/8 ISO 1000 +0.7EV
Magpie at Tice’s Meadow. September 2026.
1/2500s f/8 ISO 2500
1/2000s f8 ISO 640 -0.7EV
Magpie at Stern Point. September 2026.
Northern Wheater at Spurn Point. September 2026.
1/4000s f/8 ISO 2500 +1.0EV
Oyster Catcher at Spurn Point . September 2026.
1/3200s f/8 ISO 1000 -0.7EV
1/3200s f/8 ISO 1000 -0.7EV
Bar-tailed Godwit at Spurn Point. September 2026.
1/3200s f/8 ISO 1000 -0.7EV
Red Knot at Spurn Point. September 2026.
1/4000s f/8 ISO 1250 -1.0EV
Ruddy Turnstone at Spurn Point. September 2026.
1/3200s f/8 ISO 1600
Common Seal at Spurn Point. September 2026.
1/3200s f/8 ISO 1250
Black-tailed Godwit at Spurn Point. September 2026.
1/3200s f/8 ISO 1600
Cormorant at Tice’s Meadow. September 2026.
1/4000s f/8 ISO 5000 +0.7EV
Common Teal at Spurn Point. September 2026.
1/3200s f/8 2000
Crossbill at Frensham Little Pond. January 2026
1/800s f/5.6 ISO 320