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.

 

 

Swallowtail Butterfly

October 23, 2019

Swallowtail Butterfly.

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Feeding on Buddlea davidi

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Southern Hawker

October 20, 2019

Southern Hawker

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Starting to get a few visits from Dragonflies 

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Monk Parakeets eating seeds

October 19, 2019

Monk Parakeets eating seed pods

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Ring-Necked Parakeet

October 18, 2019

Ring-Necked Parakeet: Psittacula Krameri

Native range Africa and South Asia 

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Photographed in Spain 

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The Ring-Necked Parakeet has now established itself widely throughout Europe in many towns in cities

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Pomegranates growing in local parks are soon eaten  by the Ring-Necked Parakeets.

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Monk Parakeet

October 17, 2019

Monk Parakeet.

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Back from our Holidays

October 16, 2019

Having got back from our two-week Mediterranean Cruise over two weeks ago I haven’t had any time to go through the images (It wasn’t a wildlife photographic trip) but I did manage some shots.

 

Our Cruise started from Genova and on to Marseille, Malaga, Cadiz, Lisbon, Barcelona and the back to Savona and on to the UK and then back home to France.

Spain offered the best opportunities with Monk and Ring -necked Parakeets.

Monk Parakeet: Myiopsitta monachus.

Native to South America with a lifespan of 20-30 years established by escaping from captivity 

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Long-Tailed Blue

September 12, 2019

Long-Tailed Blue: Lampides boeticus.

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Green Tiger Beetle

September 10, 2019

Green Tiger beetle: Cicindela campestris.

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The Milky Way

August 31, 2019

Milky Way

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Last of the Milky Way Photographs from the French Alps hope to improve them in the future.

 


Praying Mantis

August 30, 2019

Female Praying Mantis

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Milky Way

August 28, 2019

The Milky Way

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The Milky Way.

My first attempt at astrophotography taken in the Rhone-Alpes 

 

 


Spotted Fritillary

August 17, 2019

Spotted Fritillary

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Coypu

August 16, 2019

Coypu

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Long Tailed Tit

August 15, 2019

Long Tailed Tit

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Hoopoe in the Garden

August 14, 2019

Hoopoe feeding in the garden

 

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