Shortly after I had seen the chaffinch on the tree and it had flown away, I could spot it at the edge of the path in the sprouting grass. The beautiful evening light shone in stripes across the path and … read more or write a comment …
I caught this chaffinch in the evening in the woods along the gravel road near our settlement. He sat next to me in the tree and seemed to enjoy the rays of the evening sun. If you look closely, you … read more or write a comment …
The bullfinches are rare guests in our garden. Once I had seen the female bullfinch first in the feeder and when I had the camera ready, she retreated to the lilac bush behind it to feed in peace on the … read more or write a comment …
In times of pandemic, the home garden must also be used for nature photography. We have a variety of garden birds around us, some also breed on our property and so it is always a pleasure when I get one … read more or write a comment …
Along the lower Seeve, the area Junkernfeld runs through the nature reserve. In summer the checkerboard flowers bloom here, but at the end of winter many parts of it are still flooded lake-like. Many waterfowl can be found there, like … read more or write a comment …
Days after the flooding of the fields along the Seeve, the foreland of the dike was partially flooded. The nature reserve Untere Seeveniederung is crossed by the Seeve (see the map at the end of this blog-post). The dike along … read more or write a comment …
Not after the snow melted, but after a day of extensive rainfall, I had set out for the area Untere Seeveniederung, about 30 km from home towards the river Elbe, because I just wanted to explore the Seeve and the … read more or write a comment …
At the edge of Steller Lake is a grazing area for highland cattle, which has been left somewhat overgrown and kept free of bushes by the cattle. As in the Serengeti by the wild animals living there, hence the freely … read more or write a comment …
By an Internet article of the district Harburg I had become attentive on the Steller lake in the nature reserve »Untere Seeveniederung«. The Steller lake lies in the winter evening hours properly in the shadow of the marshalling yard Maschen. … read more or write a comment …
Rarely do long-tailed tits visit our garden. In recent years, I had the pleasure of watching them once in the spring, when the branch tits roamed the neighbor’s garden. This year was different, the nut nets seem to attract the … read more or write a comment …
We have a bird feeder on our terrace and some wrought iron poles from which we like to hang nut nets. It is always nice to see how the blue tits look for their way to the food and slowly … read more or write a comment …
When the golden rays of the sun were still just shining over the summit of the Brunsberg, I was on the north side and found this tree trunk lying in the snow. Beautiful how the sun’s rays fall over a … read more or write a comment …