Colin Carter Photography: Recently Added Galleries and Collections

Whitby

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:37:15 GMT

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Teesport and South Gare

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:16:08 GMT

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Weddings

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:17:14 GMT

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Reddish Egret

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:30:14 GMT

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Nuthatch

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:05:08 GMT

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Treecreepers

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:57:55 GMT

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Blue Tits

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:21:09 GMT

Bamburgh Castle

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 19:44:04 GMT

]]>Bamburgh Castle is an imposing castle located on the coast at Bamburgh in Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building

Meerkats

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:11:03 GMT

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Jaguar

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 10:00:13 GMT

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Jays

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:15:20 GMT

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Robin

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:09:01 GMT

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Elephants

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:01:30 GMT

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Terns

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:49:26 GMT

]]>Terns of the Farne Islands

Red Kites

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:15:39 GMT

]]>The Red Kite (Milvus milvus) is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers. The species is currently endemic to the Western Palearctic region in Europe and northwest Africa, though formerly also occurred just outside in northern Iran. It is a rare species which is resident in the milder parts of its range in western Europe and northwest Africa, but birds from northeastern and central Europe winter further south and west, reaching south to Turkey. Vagrants have reached north to Finland and south to Israel and Libya.

The Red Kite is 60–66 cm (24-27 in) long with a 175–195 cm wingspan; males have a weight of 800–1200 g, and females 1000–1300 g. It is an elegant bird, soaring with long wings held at a dihedral, and long forked tail twisting as it changes direction. The body, upper tail and wing coverts are rufous. The white primary flight feathers contrast with the black wing tips and dark secondaries. Apart from the weight difference, the sexes are similar, but juveniles have a buff breast and belly. The call is a thin piping, similar to but less mewling than the Common Buzzard. There is also a rare white leucistic form which accounts for approximately 1% of hatchlings in the Welsh population but is at a disadvantage in the survival stakes.

Differences between adults and juveniles Adults differ from juveniles in a number of characteristics: Adults are overall more deeply rufous, compared with the more washed out colour of juveniles;Adults have black breast-streaks whereas on juveniles these are pale;Juveniles have a less deeply-forked tail, with a dark subterminal band;Juveniles have pale tips to all of the greater-coverts (secondary and primary) on both the upper- and under-wings, forming a long narrow pale line; adults have pale fringes to upperwing secondary-coverts only. These differences hold throughout most of the first year of a bird's life.

Greater Spotted Woodpeckers

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 09:29:26 GMT

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Deer

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:05:10 GMT

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Roseberry Topping

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:56:56 GMT

]]>Roseberry Topping is a distinctive hill on the border between North Yorkshire and the borough of Redcar and Cleveland, England. It is situated near Great Ayton and Newton under Roseberry. Its summit has a distinctive half-cone shape with a jagged cliff, which has led to many comparisons with the much higher Matterhorn in Switzerland.[1] It forms a symbolic image of the area and featured as the logo for the now defunct Cleveland County.
At 1,049 feet (320 m), Roseberry Topping was traditionally thought to be the highest hill on the North York Moors;[2] however, the nearby Urra Moor is higher, at 1,490 feet (450 m). It offers views of Captain Cook's Monument at Easby Moor and the monument at Eston Nab.

Lilac Brested Roller

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 22:05:35 GMT

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Kingfishers

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 13:47:17 GMT

]]>Kingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. They have a cosmopolitan distribution, with most species being found in the Old World and Australia. The group is treated either as a single family, Alcedinidae, or as a suborder Alcedines containing three families, Alcedinidae (river kingfishers), Halcyonidae (tree kingfishers), and Cerylidae (water kingfishers). There are roughly 90 species of kingfisher. All have large heads, long, sharp, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails. Most species have bright plumage with little differences between the sexes. Most species are tropical in distribution, and a slight majority are found only in forests. They consume a wide range of prey as well as fish, usually caught by swooping down from a perch. Like other members of their order they nest in cavities, usually tunnels dug into the natural or artificial banks in the ground. A few species, principally insular forms, are threatened with extinction.

The Common Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, also known as Eurasian Kingfisher or River Kingfisher, is a small kingfisher with seven subspecies recognized within its wide distribution across Eurasia and North Africa. It is resident in much of its range, but migrates from areas where rivers freeze in winter.
This sparrow-sized bird has the typical short-tailed, large-headed kingfisher profile; it has blue upperparts, orange underparts and a long bill. It feeds mainly on fish, caught by diving, and has special visual adaptions to enable it to see prey under water. The glossy white eggs are laid in a nest at the end of a burrow in a riverbank.

Cadwell Park 2011 Bike Bonanza

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:46:03 GMT

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Florida Scrub Jay

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:59:23 GMT

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Mallard Duck

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:58:32 GMT

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Long Tailed Tits

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:51:02 GMT

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Little Egrets

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:10:07 GMT

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Black Tailed Godwits

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:58:31 GMT

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North Yorkshire Moors

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:55:03 GMT

Great Egrets

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:53:34 GMT

Grey Squirrels

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 20:56:51 GMT

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Cheetah

colin.carter46@ntlworld.com (Colin Carter Photography) — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 15:09:52 GMT

]]>A collection of Cheetah photographs including 10 week old Cheetah Cubs