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.

Hoopoe are back

April 26, 2019

The Hoopoe are back in the garden

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The male Hoopoe passing food to the female

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Hoopoe

April 24, 2019

Yesterday evening I was sat in the back garden having a glass of red wine with my wife and listening to the sound of Hoopoe calling to each other from the trees, one landed on the garden fence I had my camera to hand and took a few shots.

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They must nest in the hamlet in one of the old barns very close to me as you always see and hear them.

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Baillon's Crake

April 22, 2019

Baillon's Crake: Porzana pusilla

Kefalonia Greece

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It's a shame it's in poor light.

Black- Eared Wheatear

April 21, 2019

Black-Eared Wheatear: Kefalonia Greece

Back from Kefalonia, Greece after over two weeks holiday. It wasn’t a photographic holiday,

but I did take the 7Dmk 2 along with 100-400 5.6 mk 2 and a Manfrotto befree tripod.

The weather was a bit mixed but overall it was good, although it was sometime too bright to use the camera and Wildlife is difficult to find.It took me a few days to find an only bit of wetland near me (one hours drive).

The Bird list included: Baillon’s Crake, Black-eared wheatear, Black-winged Stilt, Squacco Heron, Littler Egret, Purple Heron, Marsh Harrier, Kestrel, Pied Flycatcher, Firecrest, Spanish Sparrow, Chaffinch, Great Tit, Corn Bunting and some other wading birds yet to look at. Only three different lizards. Moorish Gecko, and two other types yet to be identified. A few butterflies: Green Hairstreak, Wall Brown, Clouded Yellow, Brimstone, Wood White.

Migratory Locust. A selection of the photographs will be uploaded soon.
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