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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.
A Bag of chips
Local Photographers have set up a Feeding Station which is great for attracting birds and other photographers, me being one of them.
It’s a useful little spot to photograph from the car; you can expect Linnets, Skylark and Wheatear.
When you’re happy with your shots you can go for a bag of chips or a cup of tea.
Back again
I returned for better photographs of the Ring Ouzel, I checked all the fields and with local birders only to find out that it had already moved on.
All was not lost as I turned my attention to other arrivals.
Just for the record.
I have been after a photograph of a Ring Ouzel for a few years now, so when one turned up at my local reserve
I went to investigate, I failed to even see it.
A few days later as I was checking bird reports, one had been seen in the horse fields, so off I went to try again.
The Bird was too distant to get a good photograph so I had to settle for some record shots.
Another load of Bull
Rain and more rain, no hosepipe ban here then, thought I would give the Siskins some more attention as it’s not worth going out in it.
Still trying to get a better Photograph, the blossom isn’t at its best yet so still plenty of time.
Try again for the Siskins
The weather was not up to much today so I decided to stay in and eat some Easter eggs.
However it didn’t take me long to notice that the Siskins were on the feeders in the Pear tree.
I set up a small hide and the 500m but they were too close so I switched to my 300m instead.
Making a Mountain out of a Mole Hill
I spotted this Mole at Moore Nature Reserve on my way to see the Yellowhammers on the Lower Moss.
The LSW has been showing for long periods of time on its usual stump, scattering wood chippings as it digs out a hole.
Some Moore Nature
With an overcast day and some light rain being the forecast today I went to Moore just to see if any new Warblers had arrived. Blackcap and Chiffchaff were the only ones I could find in my two hour visit. I did photograph some Chiffchaff as I needed some better images before I returned home.
Gold Rush
After spending most of the weekend in the garden working on a new water feature, I noticed that the Goldcrests seem to be spending most of the day in the garden too. So I set up the camera on the tripod and waited. The light was good and f8 was the order of the day.
Now you see it now you don't
I watched this Nuthatch burying seeds
First find a spot
Cover well with moss
Check to make sure
Did anyone see me
The Hawfinches of Sizergh Castle
With the weather forecast predicted to be wall to wall sunshine I decided to take a trip to photograph the Hawfinches at Sizergh Castle.
I gave Dave Cookson a ring to see if he wanted to come along. Up at 3.30am and met Dave at Standish roundabout at 530am.
We arrived at 7.0am parked the car and waited for the action. We didn’t have to wait long for them to show, although the light was difficult at first so we did our best. As other photographers arrived the light improved. We left at 9.30 as did the birds, they would return later. We had other plans.
Seduced by the dark side
Just as the light dropped below the bank I spotted this Owl on a post and decided to try to photograph it. I managed a few shots before it flew over to some fields and landed again.
