Young birds are appearing all over the place.
This fresh-out-of-the-nest fledgling Jackdaw was at #WWTCastleEspie this morning.
It could barely fly a few metres and didn’t have a clue.
Good luck, little one 🀞🏻

#nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #bird #birds #BirdPhotography #corvid #crow #jackdaw #fledgling #young #youngster #CountyDown #NorthernIreland #WWT #CastleEspie @wwtworldwide

Out and about with the #macro lens around the reserve at #WWT #CastleEspie I found this lovely wee #ZebraJumpingSpider on a whitewashed wall.
It seemed to be fascinated by the camera, not frightened at all πŸ•·οΈ

#nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #invertebrate #arachnid #spider #jumpingspider #macrophotography #ShotOnCanon #CountyDown #NorthernIreland

A #SilverY #moth from the #trap at #WWT #CastleEspie this morning.

The cheap #LED #RingFlash never really cut it for #macro work so I’m experimenting with the big #NEWER #flash and a pop-up #diffuser. Lots of light means more #DepthOfField so less need to use #FocusStacking.
Great for when the subject won’t sit still πŸ‘

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Down the hatch.
This lesser black-backed gull made short work of a young moorhen on the Main Lake at #WWTCastleEspie this afternoon.

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