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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.
I didn’t expect to have PPI on my cards
With good weather forecast for today I made arrangements with the lads Roy and Graham to have a day out photographing
and see what we could get.
At the end of the day with two cards maxed out I returned home to check my account.
I found I had PPI on both of my cards.
Peregrine and Parakeet images, this is a good return all for the price of a phone call that I made myself.
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Got all my PPi back
First Singing Chiffchaff this year
An influx of migratory birds has arrived this week, the first I have seen is the Chiffchaff.
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With Skylark, Wheatear and Ring Ouzel also here it's time to go out and get some photographs.
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But the garden is still very enticing with Siskin, Goldfinch and Bullfinch putting on a show most days.
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Siskins and Goldcrest
Male Siskin
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Goldcrest
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Black Necked Grebe Courtship Dance
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Black Necked Grebes courtship dance not a bad photograph considering the distance they were taken at.
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Smooth Newts
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Smooth Newt also known as the common newt
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Male Smooth newt
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Female Smooth newt
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Someone looks happy with himself
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My garden pond is full of mating Frogs, which is no doubt being repeated all over the country.
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Many of the Frogs are having a croaking competition
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More in the Frog folder
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
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Male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker digging out a fresh hole.
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Wood chipping flying everywhere
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Black Necked Grebe
Black Necked Grebe first of this year a bit of a distant shot
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I should be able to improve on them in the coming weeks
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The Black Necked Grebes are squabbling over the best nesting sites.
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Carp Fishing
Cormorant with a Mirror Carp.
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It didn’t end well for the Mirror Carp
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Some better photographs of Great Crested Grebes
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Well I think they are better.
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Great Crested Grebe Weed-dance
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It’s a marvelous day for a weed-dance with the stars in the sky up above.
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Heart to Heart
The Great Crested Grebes are in full swing pairing up providing me with some iconic Heart shape shots.
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Playing catch-up
Still working on furniture for France, consequently I don’t have much time to spend out with my camera,
however the garden supplies a good selection of birds for me to photograph.
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The occasional Goldcrest pops in every now and then and Long Tailed Tits pass through on a regular basis.
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The photographs were take early in the week but I haven’t had time to process them I am still playing catch-up with my images.
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