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Hello and welcome
I have always had a keen interest in wildlife and the great outdoors;
I was an Angler for over 30 years but gave it up a few years ago to
concentrate on photographing wildlife. I lived in Runcorn; Cheshire a
short distance from the M56 that gave me great access to the Wirral,
Northwales and Lancashire, with some great countryside on my doorstep
I didn't have to travel too far in search of wildlife and photographic
opportunities.
Some of my wildlife photographs range from as far afield as Cuba,
Antigua, Saint Martin, Saint Lucia, Dominican Republic, Tuscany ,
Corfu, Turkey, Spain, Portugal.
I now live in the Charente area of western France.
Glossy Ibis
Glossy Ibis at Horwich, Greater Manchester
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The one that got away
All Angler’s tell the same sad tale of the big fish that got away
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I think the Kingfisher had problems with the spines on the stickleback so it let it go
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Garden Carpet
Garden Carpet Moth
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Common Wainscot Moth
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Mother of Pearl Moth
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Silver Y Moth
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A sting in the Tail
I found this Wasp in my moth trap this morning.
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I am still in the process of identifying them, so I thought I would upload some Dragonflies
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Who's the Daddy
Crane fly.... Daddy longlegs
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Spider on the web
It’s a good time to get your macro lens out and photograph garden spiders.
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A thorn in my side
Some moths can be very difficult to identify.
After taking advice it looking like a Dusky Thorn Moth.
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The Kingfisher and the Caddis larvae
The Kingfisher dived into the water and emerged with a caddis larvae case and behaved in much
the same way as it would with a fish.
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It started hitting the case against the branch to extract the larvae
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Just missed it.
Tweaks
My web site was down for most of the weekend due to an upgrade and it’s still not right.
I am not the only one who has had problems with it.
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My kingfisher shots have had to wait to be uploaded.
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With some tweaks it should be ok from now on.
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Something for the weekend
Some more shots of the Kingfisher as I will not be able to get out on the weekend
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More later
Friday Blues
It’s amazing the difference light makes to the colouration in the Kingfisher feathers.
The feathers reflect the light, light blue and lots of detail provide the best photographs.
Dark blue and lack the detail in low light are not so good.
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Kingfisher coughing up a pellet
Kingfisher coughing up a pellet, got the shot this time.
Kingfishers are one of my favourite birds
If you can find them Kingfisher can be easy to photograph.
They will always investigate a new fishing branch if placed in the correct position.
