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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.
Fire in the Hole
I had a quick check to see if the Fire Salamanders in the cellar are ok, I only found two
but I didn't bother to look for the other one.
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Firecrest
One of the other regular birds that are photographed is the Firecrest, with plenty of them about, you hear them before you see them as they search for insects.
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Not in the best of light and you have to be quick to get a photograph them.
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More later
Singing in the rain
Singing in the rain
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This is the shot I wanted a Black Redstart sat on the spade handle in the rain
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Can it get any better
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More Black Redstarts
Still going through my Black Redstart photographs taken in the back garden in France.
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Black Redstarts
Back from France after a wet week, I still managed to cut the Grass and trim the hedges and even prepared and seed my wildflower bed.
The Little Owls are around I could hear it calling most days but I was unable to locate it.
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After setting up the garden feeders I turned my attention to the resident Black Redstarts,
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Short-eared Owls
One last trip this month to photograph the short eared Owls before I go to France
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New Arrivals
New arrivals in the pond
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Warmer weather has started to bring the fogs out
When in Rome
Back from Rome last week and only just managed to look at some of the snaps taken.
We used a small compact camera and unfortunately the photographs they produced are not good.
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The Vatican
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Tiber River
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The Colosseum
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Castel Sant'Angelo
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View over Rome
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Roman Forum
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It's that time of year
Great Crested Grebes weed dance
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Coots at War
Coots fighting for territory
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Coot and Moorhen
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Red-throated divers last stand
My very last photographs of the Red-throated diver
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More Red-throated Divers
Red-throated diver
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Red-throated diver (That's better)
The last shots of the Red-throated diver standing up in the water are rubbish.
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These are better