Chasing Wild Geese – The Book

Chasing Wild Geese – Spotting your first 100 birds is the forthcoming book from award-winning science writer and photographer David Bradley. You can download a free 11-bird samplere here.

The Bradley Bird Collection (BBC) grows almost daily with new species, males and females (when they’re sexually dimorphic, i.e. they look different), and juveniles and chicks. Birds are added as I see them whether in the garden, in local woodland, by the rivers, wetlands, and the coasts, on reserves, open countryside, and even in cities and towns.

Most of the recent photos have been taken with a Canon 6D SLR carrying a 150-600mm Sigma lens. I am pleased with several of these shots which were first sightings (lifers) of a particular species, such as Bearded Reedling, Osprey, Bittern, Kingfisher, Great White Egret, Reed Bunting, Crane, Marsh Tit, Sedge Warbler, Waxwing, Marsh Harrier, Peregrine. I moved on to a Canon 7Dii during lockdown 1.0 in 2020. Last time I updated this page, I put a list on of the 142 birds I’d photographed at the time, as of April 2023, the list stands at 233. That’s way behind what any proper bird will have got to in six years or so, but I’m pleased to have seen some rarities such as White-tailed Eagle, European Roller, Montagu’s Harrier, Cranes, Storks, Shrikes etc.