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It's no secret I enjoy photographing birds of prey , so last autumn I booked a photo day at the Raptor It had been a while since my last similar experience, when I photographed birds of prey in a studio environment great chance to use the back-lighting coming through the trees, and to let it highlight the edge of the bird Tawny Owl Perched Now for a bird I'd never seen in real life before; a goshawk! And what a beast. Goshawk Eye-Contact I love the relatively muted colours of this bird, in contrast to it's incredible

visited the Westfjords in Iceland, and Látrabjarg; one of Europe's largest largest sea cliffs, and sea bird

They're a charity who provide medical care for injured raptors, return rehabilitated birds to the wild It's a great place to visit to get up-close to some fantastic birds-of-prey, and it provided me with The Raptor foundation keep over 250 individual birds, including owls, hawks, falcons, buzzards, and eagles A day visit affords you the time to see most of the birds in their aviaries, or out on perches. they're flown in a display lasting well over an hour each, and comprising several different types of bird