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.

 

 

Chiffchaff

November 25, 2019

Chiffchaff

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Let's Chat

November 24, 2019

Stonechat

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Hen Harrier and Cattle Egret

November 24, 2019

Hen Harrier and Cattle Egret

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Photographed this morning at Lesignac Durand

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Common Kestrel

November 22, 2019

Common Kestrel: Falco tinnunculus

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Eurasian Jay

November 21, 2019

Eurasian Jay: Garrulus glandarius

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Firecrest

November 19, 2019

Firecrest 

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Dawn Breaking

November 19, 2019

Dawn Breaking

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View looking down the garden


Mallow Skipper

November 18, 2019

Mallow Skipper: Carcharous alceae

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Just going through some summer images taken in the garden


Hummingbird Hawkmoth

November 10, 2019

Hummingbird Hawkmoth

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Green Day

November 09, 2019

Green Woodpecker: Picus viridis.

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With Green Woodpeckers in the garden most days I decided to take a few photographs of them.

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It's something I should of done last year.

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Crane Migration

November 08, 2019

Morning backlit Crane migration

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Garden Sparrowhawk

November 07, 2019

Not the best of shots, very low light.

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It's back again

November 07, 2019

Bit of a wet Sparrowhawk

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How to stay healthy in this digital age

November 05, 2019

How to stay healthy in this digital age.

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A visit from the Sparrowhawk

November 05, 2019

Waiting for lunch

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Now that I have started to feed the birds it hasn't been unnoticed by the local Sparrowhawk

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