All pictures on this page were taken during June and July 2008, at a variety of sites in the Isle of Man. Breeding bird atlassing and ringing offer opportunities aplenty for some interesting photographs!
I've put the birds towards the end, all in (approximate) taxonomic order.
Old mines, Foxdale. Yes, the chimney really is that bent.
The sugarloaf, off the Chasms
The drinking dragon
Corrany valley
Laxey beach
Naomi and Hen Harrier
Chicken Rock light
Calf of Man lights
Calf of Man lights
Calf of Man lights
Sunset over Ireland
Basking Shark
Basking Shark
Large Red Damsel (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)
Small White (Pieris napi?)
Small Copper on Pyramidal Orchid
Poplar Hawkmoth
Pebble Prominent
Buff-tip
Grey Arches
Burnished Brass
Swallowtail Moth
Beautiful Golden-Y
Early Thorn
Yellow-tail
Manx Laughton sheep grazing thrift on the Calf of Man
Grey Seal
Hen Harrier
Hen Harrier
Hen Harrier
Hen Harrier
Hen Harrier
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Herring Gull
Herring Gull
Herring Gull
Herring Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Black-legged Kittiwake
Arctic Tern
Arctic Tern
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
European Shag
European Shag
Black Guillemot (Cephhus grylle)
Black Guillemot
Black Guillemot
Black Guillemot
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Eurasian Skylark
Red-billed Chough (Phyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) - please keep an eye out for colour-ringed Chough, both on and off the Isle of Man.
Red-billed Chough
Jackdaw
Common Raven
House Sparrow
House Sparrow
House Sparrow
Lesser Redpoll