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.

Marbled White Butterfly

July 19, 2014 • Leave a Comment

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Longhorn Beetle

July 18, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Longhorn Beetle

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Trichodes alvearius

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Carpenter Bee

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Carpenter Bee and the Crab Spider

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Wall Lizard

July 17, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Wall Lizard

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Wall Lizard hunting for insects in a Hydrangea bush

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Grasshoppers and Crickets

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Mixed bag of insects to be identified

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Hoopoe in the Garden

July 16, 2014 • Leave a Comment

As I was watching Black Redstarts hunting insects next to the wildflower bed a Hoopoe flew in to feed at the bottom of the garden.

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Black Redstart

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Many different types of Shield Bugs can be found in the garden

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Dor Beetle

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Stag Beetle

July 15, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Late one evening I found this Male Stag Beetle making its way across the garden I also found a female Stag Beetle.

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I struggled to get a photograph of them as they would not keep still long enough to get a good shot.

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Trip Report

July 14, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Back from France after a busy week working on the house and garden, that left no time to take any photographs

other than insects in the garden.

After arriving on Monday morning; the first job was to cut the grass which was very long after 8 weeks of being left to grow. On my last visit I scattered some wildflower seeds which are now attracting lots of insects.

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As I cut the grass under the watchful eye of a Little Owl in the barn next door I managed a few shots using my 300mm F4 (not the lens I wish I had with me but that’s all I could fit in my hand luggage on the plane).

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