A very happy 2016 to all of my blog readers and I hope that you all have some nice plans for the coming year. I have a number of exciting trips lined up this year which will allow me to observe a number of amphibians and reptiles that I haven’t seen before as well as some familiar species.

Although the mild winter has allowed frogs and newts to be active in my local area, I have nothing but bird photographs to share with you at the moment. A number of days out allowed for some nice observations, mainly of owls, including a communal roost of Long-eared owls (Asio otus).

All the best for 2016,

Matt