Lisa Lawley's photostream  

I could never get bored of these busy little birds. It's been wonderful to find a place that I can see them properly and just watch what they do.

They don't ever take much food, but they do flit around the trees a lot, and occasionally fly down and take some suet. They almost constantly call to each other. I love the little clicking sound they make :)

I love the way they hang down from a branch using just one foot to hold on, and the other grasping the food. It's so cute. :) They are incredibly agile, and seem to prefer being upside down than the right way up lol.

I loved the open beak expression here. I hadn't seen it before :) The light was terrible, but luckily this little one came in really close. Lovely :)

This is the Black Headed Gull with a full breeding head colour. (The head is actually brown, not black) other shots are black headed gulls with some catching up to do! The light was poor today, but these gulls kept me entertained. They are not seagulls. Black headed gulls can be seen almost anywhere inland.

They are an RSPB amber list species. Definitely not a gull to take for granted. They are very noisy and argumentative birds. I always enjoy watching them.

For most of the year, these gulls have a white head. The brown head indicates breeding time. Spring is upon us!

When it's cold, these Squirrels are very tame. It gave me the opportunity to watch them more closely. This one didn't mind at all. It was practically sniffing the lens lol.

I have so many shots like this, taken over a couple of weeks, so I thought I would share a selection. It's amazing how many shots tot up in a short space of time. I really do love watching this soap opera of feeding these birds. It's amazing how behaviour changes so much, depending on weather. Often the squirrels will join in too. It's my idea of heaven. So peaceful. :)

I just have to say, if you want to look at the location of where I took the photo's, that's pretty cool too :D Just click the map on the right hand side of my page ;)

Well here goes. :) I love wildlife, and photography in the mix. I go out, I watch wildlife, I take it in, I appreciate it 100%. It's a part of my heart and soul. I can't be flippant about that.

It makes me laugh. For a long time, I have been seeking out Long tails. Being the cutest little bird ever (IMO) I have been waiting an age to get a good photo of them. More importantly, to get to know these little birds. After finding a place where these little birds eagerly feed, I was able to sit, and watch them, I have learned more than I could read in a book, and it was so easy, and I didn't realise how easy, but I would never take it for granted :)

I feel grateful for that, not only for the time I get to spend with wildlife, but what I have learned from it too. I thank God that I don't have the best photography equipment, and I praise the lord that my circumstances have driven me to find inner peace in other ways. It's a passion, and a necessity.

I feel an immense sense of pride with what I share on flickr. I share my images because they form a part of me that wants to share my passion of wildlife and what it's meant to me. That is all I need to say.