RSPB Snettisham Murmuration Spectacular

Strictly speaking, according to the 'dictionary' a Murmuration is a flock of starlings, but some dictionaries say a murmuration is ....

'a large group of birds, usually starlings, that all fly together and change direction together, or the act of birds doing this'

ref - https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/murmuration 

Anyway, it happened yesterday as Sue and I where visiting RSPB Snettisham getting on towards late afternoon. We knew it was coming up to high tide and this 'pushes' the birds up towards the walkway where we could see the birds (and take photos). We had not expected to see this spectacular.

There were quite a few 'Birdwatchers' there at the time. The birds doing this were waders, and I think Oystercatchers.

This was also a chance to use my new lens a Canon 100-400mm mkii that I had bought from a friend at the camera club just a few days before :)

Sunny Sunday in Cambridge

Last Sunday I helped out with the Cambridge Camera Club' 'Know your Camera' Training Day. This year we decided to take small groups out and about in  Cambridge, helping various levels of photographers to get a bit more out of their cameras and to meet and go out with like minded people. I had a group of three photographers, all interested in trying Street Photography and Architecture. I was not there to take phots myself but did manage a few.

Brutalist Car Park - Northampton

I have started taking an interest in Brutalist Architecture. Wikipedia defines this as ...

Brutalist architecture flourished from 1951 to 1975, having descended from the modernist architectural movement of the early 20th century. The term originates from the French word for "raw", as Le Corbusier described his choice of material béton brut, meaning raw concrete in French.Architects Alison and Peter Smithson introduced the term "Brutalism" to the English-speaking world in the 1950s and it became more widely used after British architectural critic Reyner Banham titled his 1966 book, The New Brutalism, using the term "Brutalism" to identify the style.

Not all the photos below show the Brutal Aspect of this car park in Northampton, I was attracted by the colour and abstract design of the building and the patterns that cars make on the surface.

The Brick Barn Brick, Tile and Tin Collection - Annual Open Day

This was a great visit. The Barn Collection is only open once a year. The collector has put together a huge collection. Fascinating.

To Quote from the web "-

The brick barn in which the collection is displayed was built in the Victorian period which makes it well over a hundred years old. The collection includes bricks, roof tiles, ridge tiles, land drains, pipes, tins, stones, ceremic tiles, bygones and maps.

Sorry there are lots of photos here - I got carried away with the whole thing.

This was the first outing for my new Canon 5Dmk4 (I am in Love)