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Merlin Magic

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Mark Hamblin

I first photographed merlin, Britain’s smallest bird of prey, in the Peak District about twenty years ago but of course that was all on film and so I have been putting feelers out in the last few years to try … Continue reading →

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Hen harriers

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Mark Hamblin

The past few weeks have been exceptionally busy trying to juggle 2020VISION office work with several photographic assignments. This week alone I’ve photographed hen harrier, white-tailed eagle and black-throated diver and have spent a total of 59 hours in various … Continue reading →

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Grousing around!

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Mark Hamblin

This morning I got up at the unearthly hour of 3.00am setting off under a setting half moon across the Grampian mountains to a windswept patch of moorland where I hoped to witness one of the spectacles of the birding … Continue reading →

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Norwegian blue!

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Mark Hamblin

I had been staring out from a wooden hide at a dead fox lying on a snow swept hillside for the best part of ten hours when one of my inmates happened to mention the classic Monty Python ‘Dead Parrot’ … Continue reading →

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