WHEN YOU SEE a bird, do you really see it? I ask because it’s possible to go through life with an almost complete disregard for birdlife.
I’m not an expert – about either birds (although I’m beginning to hold my own) or photography. I’ve only recently worked out how to use the manual focus on my Nikon camera, but I do have a strong sense of what I think is beautiful and a passion for birds, rooted in my childhood.
What I lack in expertise, I make up for in enthusiasm, and here I hope to illustrate how to become a chronicler of the breathtaking beauty to be found on our doorsteps and beyond.
Countryside birds
It’s easy to