Craig Churchill Photography

Polar Bear - SV1

craigc — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:51:48 +0000

Polar Bear feeding on a dead fin whale, taken from a zodiac from the MS Origo, Svalbard.

Polar Bear - SV2

craigc — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:12:03 +0000

Polar Bear emerging from the Fjord and shaking excess water before climbing onto the dead fin whale to feed, Taken from zodiac from the MS Origo, Svalbard.

Polar Bear - SV3

craigc — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:16:26 +0000

Polar Bear with the setting sun behind.

Polar Bear - SV4

craigc — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:35:29 +0000

Polar Bear on the shore with the MS Origo behind, Svalbard.

Polar Bear - SV5

craigc — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:43:02 +0000

Polar Bear standing on the remains of a fin whale, taken from a zodiac from the MS Origo, Svalbard.

Polar Bear - SV6

craigc — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:46:13 +0000

Polar Bear eating blubber from a dead fin whale adrift in a fjord off of west Spitzbergen,Svalbard.

Kingfisher - KF1

craigc — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:15:53 +0000

Kingfisher fishing from a reedmace head.

Kingfisher - KF2

craigc — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:18:12 +0000

Kingfisher

Kingfisher - KF3

craigc — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:27:08 +0000

Kingfisher watching an aircraft fly over.

Kingfisher - KF4

craigc — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:28:35 +0000

Kingfisher.

Kingfisher - KF5

craigc — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:30:06 +0000

Kingfisher surrounded by midges.

Kingfisher - KF6

craigc — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:32:06 +0000

Kingfisher.

Kingfisher - KF7

craigc — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:34:25 +0000

Kingfisher

Kingfisher - KF8

craigc — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:36:01 +0000

Kingfisher on the look out for a meal.

Kingfisher - KF9

craigc — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 13:38:37 +0000

Kingfisher.

Barn Owl - O1

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:48:02 +0000

Barn Owl hunting from a roadside post.

Short Eared Owl - O2

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:54:55 +0000

One of four overwintering Short Eared Owls that I had the good fortune to photograph during the winter of 2009

Short Eared Owl - O3

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 17:57:56 +0000

Short Eared Owl in flight

Short Eared Owl - O4

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:00:21 +0000

This bird would hunt along the verge along a minor road and would often sit on the fence posts allowing me to photograph it from the car.

Short Eared Owl - O5

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:01:42 +0000

I love the late evening light falling on the bird, again photographed from the car.

Eagle Owl - O6

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:04:14 +0000

A captive Eagle Owl photographed in flight and calling at the same time

Little Owl - O7

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:06:23 +0000

The big thing to me about this shot is the wonderful colour and texture in the door, the Little Owl is the finishing touch.

(C)

Barn Owl - O8

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:08:18 +0000

Barn Owl siting on an ivy clad footpath sign. (C)

Short Eared Owl - O9

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:10:01 +0000

Short Eared Owl on roadside fence post.

Little Owl - O10

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:28:55 +0000

Little Owl peeking out from a roadside tree.

Barn Owl - O11

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:31:05 +0000

Barn Owl in flight.

Tawny Owl - O12

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:32:52 +0000

Tawny Owl peeking out from a hole in an Oak tree.

(C)

Robin - R1

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:38:44 +0000

Robin in the snow.

Robin - R2

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:39:54 +0000

Robin .

Robin - R3

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:41:59 +0000

Robin in the snow on the banks of Loch Morlich,Scotland.

Robin - R5

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:46:30 +0000

Robin in the snow.

Robin - R4

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:48:02 +0000

Robin in the snow.

Robin - R6

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:49:31 +0000

Robin.

Snowy Owl - O14

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:51:40 +0000

High key Snowy Owl in the Cairngorms, Scotland.

(C)

Barn Owl - O13

craigc — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:53:02 +0000

Barn Owl on a roadside post.

Polar Bear - SV7

craigc — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:02:45 +0000

One minute this Polar Bear was standing on the shore the next minute it had jumped on this poor Glaucous gull and was tearing it to pieces.

Polar Bear - SV8

craigc — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:04:51 +0000

Polar Bear playing with seaweed.

Polar Bear - SV9

craigc — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:06:29 +0000

Polar Bears eating on a fin whale carcass.

Polar Bear - SV10

craigc — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:07:47 +0000

Polar Bear asleep.

Polar Bear - SV11

craigc — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:09:37 +0000

Polar Bear walking across the pack ice.

Polar Bear - SV12

craigc — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:12:05 +0000

Bath Time!

Polar Bear - SV13

craigc — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:13:59 +0000

This guy walked right up to the ship, incredible to witness so close.

Polar Bear - SV14

craigc — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:16:35 +0000

Do mammals do things just for fun? I’ll leave it to you to decide.

Polar Bear - SV15

craigc — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:20:39 +0000

This guy stood on the side of one of the hills surrounding the dead whale just as the sun was going down giving this wonderful backlit effect.

Polar Bear - SV16

craigc — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:22:53 +0000

Polar Bear peering over the top of the whale.

Red Fox - RF1

craigc — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:55:48 +0000

A young Red fox in evening light.

Red Fox - RF2

craigc — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:02:44 +0000

A young fox cub having a scratch!

Red Fox - RF3

craigc — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:04:27 +0000

For this shot I was laying flat on the ground to get a very low perspective.

Red Fox - RF4

craigc — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:06:29 +0000

These guys were part of a family of four cubs, at this age they were fearless and would often come up to me and sniff the lens.

Red Fox - RF5

craigc — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:08:16 +0000

The railway sleeper works well in this picture allowing a panaramic crop which increases the appeal.