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.

Mallow Skipper

October 20, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Mallow Skipper - Carcharordus alceae

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shots could be a lot better

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Taken in France

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Black and White

October 18, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Black Redstarts.

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Cattle Egrets in the Brenne

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Chateau de Montbrun

October 18, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Chateau de Montbrun France

Chateau de Montbrun

Just got back from France after a five day trip, I did take some camera equipment with me in the hope of photographing

European Cranes.

That wasn’t the reason for the trip; we took some family members over to see the house and see some of the local sites, one of them being Chateau de Montbrun the place where Richard the Lionheart died on the 6th April 1199 at the age of 41 from the after-effects of an arrow wound received during the siege of Chalus .

Although he was an English king he was actually French. Chateau de Montbrun was in English hands at that time and he wanted to die on English soil.

I spotted three European Cranes in a field not far from the house but wasn’t able to photograph them, none have been seen on their migration either (have to wait until next spring now to see them in flight).

I will be returning to France again in December for two weeks so it will be interesting to see what wildlife is around then.

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