I had a quick session in my local park recently with fellow wildlife photographer Richard Steel, and although the park was pretty quiet for wildlife, the Jackdaws near the car park were on hand to give us at least something to point our cameras at as they flew about. I’ve got quite a few images of Jackdaws but no decent ones of them in flight, so was pleased to capture one doing something other than standing around. The sun was quite harsh but that in some way helped to bring out the fantastic details in these dark feathered birds, as well as light up the distant tree’s giving that incredible green in the background. It was quite windy which helped slow the birds down and the Jackdaw is caught here breaking from a brief hover as it’s about to land, so although I could crop in tighter, I’ve left some space below for the bird to ‘fly in to’ as it’s looking downwards.
What could have been a very disappointing couple of hours turned out to provide a shot worth sharing. Plus it was great to meet up with Richard Steel again as I usually only see him when we are doing short list judging for the annual BBC Countryfile photo competition. Head over to Richards website to check out of some his great work here.