Colin's Viewfinder
@colinrichardsphoto.bsky.social
Retired. Based in South Wales, UK. Love nature esp. birds. RSPB member, National Trust member, BTO garden lister. Rarely go anywhere without my camera and a pocket of bird food. Nikon D500, Sigma 150-600mm my favourite combo.
Now that's an impressive hide! Tower hide at Steart Point, Bridgewater Nature Reserve, Somerset. Lots of Stonechats in the hedgerows. 🪶 #ukbirding #nature #ukwildlife #birdsofbluesky
November 10, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Now that's an impressive hide! Tower hide at Steart Point, Bridgewater Nature Reserve, Somerset. Lots of Stonechats in the hedgerows. 🪶 #ukbirding #nature #ukwildlife #birdsofbluesky
Mistle Thrush in the field opposite my front garden. It's perched in a dead tree that is surrounded by Hawthorn Trees in full berry mode. 🪶 #ukwildlife #nature #birdingwales #ukbirding #photography
November 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Mistle Thrush in the field opposite my front garden. It's perched in a dead tree that is surrounded by Hawthorn Trees in full berry mode. 🪶 #ukwildlife #nature #birdingwales #ukbirding #photography
Shoo! Mistle Thrush getting a Blackbird to leave the perch. Taken from my front garden 09/11/25. They were quite a distance away and it was a really dull grey rainy day. Very happy to get anything usable on a day like this. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #ukwildlife #nature #photography
November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Shoo! Mistle Thrush getting a Blackbird to leave the perch. Taken from my front garden 09/11/25. They were quite a distance away and it was a really dull grey rainy day. Very happy to get anything usable on a day like this. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #ukwildlife #nature #photography
Shwmae, hello. Kevin the Kite having lunch on the go today. 08/11/25. Clearly the local pond is now missing one of it's Coots or Moorhens. I think it's a Coot leg. What do you think? Moorhen picture 3, Coot picture 4. Taken from my back garden. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #ukwildlife #photography
November 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Shwmae, hello. Kevin the Kite having lunch on the go today. 08/11/25. Clearly the local pond is now missing one of it's Coots or Moorhens. I think it's a Coot leg. What do you think? Moorhen picture 3, Coot picture 4. Taken from my back garden. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #ukwildlife #photography
Sometimes nature comes into the hides. Taken at Westhay Nature Reserve. Hornets nest in the hide nearest the disabled parking. 06/11/25. Luckily they are very docile as the nest is shutting down as colder weather comes in. It will not be reused as the new queens will start from scratch.
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Sometimes nature comes into the hides. Taken at Westhay Nature Reserve. Hornets nest in the hide nearest the disabled parking. 06/11/25. Luckily they are very docile as the nest is shutting down as colder weather comes in. It will not be reused as the new queens will start from scratch.
I'm sure fellow photographers will have been here. You see something about to happen and in your excitement camera settings go out of the window. White bird against a dark background. But don't despair, with a bit of fiddling about in your photo editor you can produce something that ain't half bad.
November 7, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I'm sure fellow photographers will have been here. You see something about to happen and in your excitement camera settings go out of the window. White bird against a dark background. But don't despair, with a bit of fiddling about in your photo editor you can produce something that ain't half bad.
The view from the north hide at Westhay on the Somerset levels. 06/11/25 #birds #ukbirding
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The view from the north hide at Westhay on the Somerset levels. 06/11/25 #birds #ukbirding
I was puzzled when I first saw this Grey Heron at Ham Wall in the Avalon Marshes. I wasn't expecting to see such a young bird so late in the year and for a moment wondered if it was a different Heron. 🪶 #ukbirding #ukwildlife #nikon
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I was puzzled when I first saw this Grey Heron at Ham Wall in the Avalon Marshes. I wasn't expecting to see such a young bird so late in the year and for a moment wondered if it was a different Heron. 🪶 #ukbirding #ukwildlife #nikon
There's something quite magical about watching a Marsh Harrier quartering the reed beds. Their flight is almost "Owl like" and that bright staring eye will miss nothing. Taken at Ham Wall on the Avalon Marshes, 04/11/25. What a fantastic bird! 🪶 #ukbirding #wildlife #ukwildlife #photography #nikon
November 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
There's something quite magical about watching a Marsh Harrier quartering the reed beds. Their flight is almost "Owl like" and that bright staring eye will miss nothing. Taken at Ham Wall on the Avalon Marshes, 04/11/25. What a fantastic bird! 🪶 #ukbirding #wildlife #ukwildlife #photography #nikon
When a large bird like this Great Egret flies past this close, it's always a magical moment. Taken at Ham Wall on the Avalon Marshes, Somerset. It was a dull grey day, perfect for white birds against the sky! 04/11/25. 🪶 #ukbirding #wildlife #ukwildlife #nikond500 #photography
November 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
When a large bird like this Great Egret flies past this close, it's always a magical moment. Taken at Ham Wall on the Avalon Marshes, Somerset. It was a dull grey day, perfect for white birds against the sky! 04/11/25. 🪶 #ukbirding #wildlife #ukwildlife #nikond500 #photography
Goldfinch taken in my garden back in April. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #wildlife #ukwildlife #photography
November 2, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Goldfinch taken in my garden back in April. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #wildlife #ukwildlife #photography
If looks could kill! Happy Halloween everyone, from me and this bad tempered Tufted Duck. Taken at Llanishen and Lisvane Reservoirs back in Janurary.🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #halloween
October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
If looks could kill! Happy Halloween everyone, from me and this bad tempered Tufted Duck. Taken at Llanishen and Lisvane Reservoirs back in Janurary.🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #halloween
Grey Wagtail with a juicy bluebottle fly for lunch. Taken at 14 Locks, High Cross near Newport. 30/10/25. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
October 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Grey Wagtail with a juicy bluebottle fly for lunch. Taken at 14 Locks, High Cross near Newport. 30/10/25. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
A quiet walk on a dull day around 14 Locks at High Cross near Newport was brightened up by this juvenile Grey Heron resting in one of the lower pools. 30/10/25. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A quiet walk on a dull day around 14 Locks at High Cross near Newport was brightened up by this juvenile Grey Heron resting in one of the lower pools. 30/10/25. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
Female and male Sparrowhawks, taken in my garden near Cardiff, female last week and male back in February. The female is about the size of a feral pigeon and the male which is smaller is about the size of a Collared Dove. The difference in colour is striking! 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
October 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Female and male Sparrowhawks, taken in my garden near Cardiff, female last week and male back in February. The female is about the size of a feral pigeon and the male which is smaller is about the size of a Collared Dove. The difference in colour is striking! 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
Here's a Dipper from Bryngarw Country Park on the banks of the River Garw. A gorgeous chocolate brown bird with a white breast and throat. They are the only songbirds that hunt for food underwater and their presence is a sign of good water quality. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
October 26, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Here's a Dipper from Bryngarw Country Park on the banks of the River Garw. A gorgeous chocolate brown bird with a white breast and throat. They are the only songbirds that hunt for food underwater and their presence is a sign of good water quality. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
A very autumnal scenes from the woods at Forest Farm Nature Reserve and Bryngarw Country Park.
October 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
A very autumnal scenes from the woods at Forest Farm Nature Reserve and Bryngarw Country Park.
Common Redshank in winter plumage. Taken on a trip to Burry Port. It's part of a huge sandy estuary that attracts 1000's of migratory birds that overwinter in the area. Birds were distant because of low tide, but we'll be back again when the tide is right. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
October 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Common Redshank in winter plumage. Taken on a trip to Burry Port. It's part of a huge sandy estuary that attracts 1000's of migratory birds that overwinter in the area. Birds were distant because of low tide, but we'll be back again when the tide is right. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
Grey Heron at Burry Port near Llanelli today. It was tucked away perched on the cabin of a boat in the corner of the marina. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
October 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Grey Heron at Burry Port near Llanelli today. It was tucked away perched on the cabin of a boat in the corner of the marina. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
Rock Pipit at Burry Port near Llanelli today. 22/10/25. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
October 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Rock Pipit at Burry Port near Llanelli today. 22/10/25. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
Had a small flock of Long Tailed Tits visiting this morning. 21/10/25. They don't visit me very often but an absolute delight when they do. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
October 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Had a small flock of Long Tailed Tits visiting this morning. 21/10/25. They don't visit me very often but an absolute delight when they do. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
Female Sparrowhawk returning to it's cache and carrying it off. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #ukbirdsofprey
October 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Female Sparrowhawk returning to it's cache and carrying it off. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #ukbirdsofprey
Had a visit to our garden by this amazing female Sparrowhawk which took out one of the Feral Pigeons yesterday and came back in to the carcass today. 21/10/25. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #ukbirdsofprey #photography
October 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Had a visit to our garden by this amazing female Sparrowhawk which took out one of the Feral Pigeons yesterday and came back in to the carcass today. 21/10/25. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding #ukbirdsofprey #photography
An Autumnal Robin to brighten up a dull day here in South Wales. Robin pictures never fail to lift the spirits. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
October 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
An Autumnal Robin to brighten up a dull day here in South Wales. Robin pictures never fail to lift the spirits. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
Nice weather for ducks. Wet Monday at Forest Farm, Cardiff. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding
October 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Nice weather for ducks. Wet Monday at Forest Farm, Cardiff. 🪶 #birdingwales #ukbirding