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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.
Leighton Moss RSPB
A day out at Leighton Moss to photograph wading birds at the Eric Morecombe hide.
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One of Several Little Egrets feeding close to the hide
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Green Woodpecker
Green Woodpecker
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Still got the Blues
Just having a break from the photographs taken in France and going through some of my Kingfisher photographs taken in the UK.
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More in the folder
Stick Insect
Stick Insect (Clonopsis gallica)
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This Stick Insect turned up in our neighbour’s garden; it was worth a few photos as they are difficult to find most of the time.
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Water Rail
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
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More images of the Water Rail in the folder
As night Falls
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As night falls the badgers appear on their nightly hunt for food
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Just before light gave way to the dark a young Fox came into view, alerted to the sound of the shutter it didn’t stay long.
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Fire in the Hole
Fire in the hole
Salamander (Salamandra salamandra)
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Fire Salamanders live in the cellar and help to keep the local Spiders under control.
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Toxic Lake
Part of our daily routine was a trip down to the toxic lake (a local name for the small lake on the edge of the hamlet).
It didn’t seem that toxic to us as it was inhabited with lots of small fish and frogs, Kingfishers and Coypu could also be seen most days.
Although shots of the kingfishers would be nice, Coypu was the reason for our daily visits.
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Praying Mantis
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Praying Mantis (Mantis religiosa)
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More Later
Green Lizard
European Green Lizard (Lacerta Viridis)
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With the warm weather came the Lizards, the best of them being this Green Lizard which spent most of the day sunning itself on some sandstone rocks I had placed in the garden to attract them.
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After warming up on the rocks it would make a dash for the flower bed in the centre of the garden to catch some insects.
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Back From France
Back in Runcorn after two weeks in sunny France, it’s time to go through the images and see the results.
Graham couldn’t make the trip this time that left Roy to pick up the baton.
At the house in France It soon became apparent that the Little Owls would not be around due to the builder’s activity on the roof of the house next door.
During the week we did hear them calling at dusk in the small orchard opposite the back garden but we did not see them.
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However Black Redstarts complete with their young are made of sterner stuff and are not put off with the noise or human activity.
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These curious little birds are keen to explore all new changes to their territory.
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The ever present Black Redstarts soon discovered the delights of the moth trap that we put out every night.
We were up at first light to see what treasures the moth trap would reveal only to find two or three Black Redstarts had eaten most of the moths that had landed outside of the trap.
It soon became a race to get to the moths first.
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