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Day trip to Skomer

July 21, 2014 • Leave a Comment

On Sunday I decided to make the trip with Rob to Pembrokeshire, Wales to visit the island of Skomer to photograph Puffins. From home its about a four hour drive and then a 10 minute boat crossing to the Island. Another early start and Rob and I were on the road by 3am. Once there we waited for the booking office to open an secured our place on th...

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A few from Devon..badgers and Kingfishers

June 23, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Ive Stayed local for the last few weeks and finally got around to photographing some Badgers in Tiverton. Devon badger watch has a hide set up specifically for watching these wild animals at very close quarters. The badgers and a couple of cubs made an early appearance which enabled some shots in reasonable light but the biggest problem was that th...

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Little Owls in Buckinghamshire

May 26, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Saturday night came and Rob Cross and I found ourselves once again travelling through the early hours of the morning so we could meet with good friend Neil Neville in Buckinghamshire at 5am. For once we had an uneventful journey and arrived at 4.30am. After a quick coffee at Neil's place we headed off to his Little Owl hide. Neil has dedicated an a...

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Ptarmigan round two

May 10, 2014 • 1 Comment

Earlier in the year I had a failed attempt at ptarmigan which was a big disappointment as it was a bird I dearly wanted to see and photograph. Three months later I have returned to the Scottish highlands for five days. Although for a short break with my wife her friend and her husband, so definitely not a photography holiday the camera was always g...

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My local patch turns up another great bird!

April 27, 2014 • Leave a Comment

Recently a Pratincole turned up on Northam burrows close to my home, there was some debate as to what species it was as only very distant views were seen and the light was murky and daylight was fading fast. Collared Pratincole seemed to be the more likely but the bird flew off so we left the site not 100% certain. Fortunately the bird was located...

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