This time last week I was all packed and ready for my grand trip to London to attend BritMums Live, my very first blogging event. That fantastic adventure will be a separate blog post, but I wanted to share this photograph with PODCast’s Alphabet Project.
I stayed with a dear friend of mine while in London, someone I met when I first moved to Shetland 15 years ago. Time carries on and people move and my dear friend now lives in London with her husband and children on a farm (yes, a farm!) near the Thames. On the last evening I was there we went for a walk with her dog along the river. A cacophony of noise in the treetops made me look up.
“Green!” I pointed, with surprise.
The treetops were filled with bright green parakeets! My friend explained that they’d escaped from Kew Gardens some years back and that they’d bred and were now wild (and very noisy!). They moved quickly so they were difficult to photograph, but I quite like this action shot.
So, this week G is for Green. #AlphabetPhoto
Daydream adventurer. Expat Canadian. Foodie. Calls Shetland home, for now. One eye is always on the horizon.
Charly Dove says
Oh wow how amazing! Great photo too. I hope you had a great time at BritMums. Thank you so much for sharing this photo and joining in with #alphabetphoto
Elizabeth says
Thanks Charly 🙂 I did have a fantastic time, a blog post will follow soon once I get a chance to write it!
Jess @ Catch A Single Thought says
What an amazing action shot. I love how the green of the parakeets is contrasted against the blue of the sky too. Fantastic capture 🙂 #alphabetphoto
Elizabeth says
Thank you! It’s the only image I took of the birds in flight and I’m quite pleased how well it turned out. I do love my new camera!
Becky Cowley says
What a fantastic photo! We visit London at least once a year to visit family, next time I will be asking for a trip to see the Parakeets
Elizabeth says
Oh do keep an eye out for them!
sustainablemum says
What a fantastic picture. We visit London occasionally and the children love it when we spot the parakeets.
Elizabeth says
I had no idea they even existed in London until I saw them first hand. Stunning birds!
Stephanie says
We’re in Greenwich and there’s lots of noisy parakeets here too – love the action shot.
Elizabeth says
Thanks Stephanie 🙂
Alison says
How amazing to see paraquets in the trees. Gorgeous photo
Elizabeth says
I thought they were stunning. Noisy, but stunning!
Tina Mansfield says
Great picture, and very green.
Elizabeth says
Thank you! 🙂 They are very green, aren’t they!
Cheryl says
A farm and parakeets. All in London. Not a stereotypical London break then? Great action shot. The green contrast looks very exotic. #AlphabetPhoto
Elizabeth says
It was certainly not what I was expecting at all! 🙂