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Red, White (Leucistic) and Black Kite

February 13, 2010
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Up to Gigrin today – It’s always worth a visit and as a Black Kite has been around for a month, there was a chance it would still be there.

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Southerndown and Kenfig: A Defining Philosophy

February 11, 2010
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A very cold day spent in the main hide at Kenfig produced a couple of interesting images that perhaps express my philosophy regarding the photography of birds.

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Lancashire Coast and Mosses

February 8, 2010
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A trawl around the mosses can easily be extended by a visit Â to the coast around Southport, which on this occasion gave rise to a pretty spectacular flock of Knot.

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The Lancashire Mosses

February 5, 2010
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Over new year in Liverpool we had some really cold but wonderfully bright mornings, with heavy frosts.

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Bala: A Retrospective No 5

February 2, 2010
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This small grouping were taken in the ‘Smithfield’ in Bala.

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A Few More From December

February 1, 2010
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A few local trips out prior to the new year – here’s a small selection.

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Bala: A Retrospective – No 4

January 30, 2010
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During the year I spent on the farm my aim was to photograph just about everything that each day would bring.

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Redwing

January 29, 2010
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I thought it had been struck by a car and was seriously wounded. We came across it on a Sunday afternoon walk before Christmas.

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Welcome Back

January 24, 2010
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Off we go again with, hopefully, some interesting articles and images.

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Scotland and ‘A New Beginning’

November 19, 2009
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The blog has been a little slow lately, apologies for this, but in the new year it should liven up and have a new format. The plan is to build up a new body of work over the next few years related to wildlife within these islands.

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Autumn Walk from Hollybush

October 18, 2009
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The third inÂ a series of four ‘photographic walks’ has come and gone. We had planned this one to coincide with autumn colours hoped for a decent day.

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Bala: A Retrospective – No 2

October 17, 2009
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The second in the retrospective series from Bala, North Wales.

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Bala: A Retrospective – No 1

October 12, 2009
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My work with a farming community in Bala, North Wales started some 28 years ago and over the next year I’m aiming to take the work back to the community to properly archive all the images.

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10 Recent Images

October 1, 2009
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I’ve been out and about to various parts of the country in the last week or so, and as always camera with me, without it you feel somehow undressed.

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What Bird Did That?

September 14, 2009
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On our recent trip to Flat Holm I was talking to the group about the essence of a place and the nature of abstraction within photography. A couple of images I show related to this are of bird shit!

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Abstract Water: Spray

August 10, 2009
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On the recent trip out with Sea Trust it wasn’t just the wildlife that provided some great opportunities for photography.

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Macro: Nature In Close Up

July 31, 2009

On the other end of the lens spectrum from the 500mm telephotos and converters that I use most of the time, are the macro lenses, enabling close up work of the smaller animals found around us.

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