A selection of images of birds across Europe that inhabit forests and woods from the great Boreal forest of the north to small deciduous woodlands in the UK

A selection of images from trips to Svalbad and Arctic Norway.

Right under our feet, in some cases almost literally we often tend to ignore the urban environment as one rich in birds. Perhaps familiarity breeds contempt, though almost certainly at our peril.

Probably my favourite habitat, often bleak with few birds, but those few are very special indeed!

Inland and coastal waters provide a wide range of birds in the UK.

Our coastline features rugged cliffs, sandy bays and storm lashed beaches. The birds found here are perhaps our most seasonal with huge cacophonous citadels in summer to lonely seaducks in the bitterest cold of the winter. 

With an amazingly long coastline the UK has some of Europes most important esturaries such as the Severn, the Wash, Humber, and Mersey, the list is a long one.

Farmland is a varied and unique habitat that can be rich in birds though many modern farming techniques seem to be doing their best to reduce thier avian populations. Many of these birds are found nowhere else in the Uk and must have invaded our islands as we used axe and fire to remove the wild wood.  

Owls fascinate us, perhaps its because we see them far les than birds of the day, or because they are firmly instilled into our folklore. This gallery displays a range of British owls.

I have always been fascinated with northern lands and their birds. A recent trip to Iceland simply reinforced my love of these cold, often bleak but spectacular lands.

Lake Hornboga in Sweden and the vast wetlands of the Camargue in southern France are special places. Cranes and flamingoes  are enigmatic and emblamatic birds of Europes dwindling wetlands.