Author: Tim Collier

White (Leucistic) Kite at Gigrin Farm

February 21, 2010
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The second set from the day at Gigrin, this time the ‘White’ Kite. It’s a fairly regular visitor to the feeding station at Gigrin and the correct term for these ‘whites is actually leucistic.

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Black Kite at Gigrin Farm

February 17, 2010
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The first of a short series from the Kites at Gigrin last week, beginning with the Black Kite.

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Final Group Walk With Caerphilly CC

February 15, 2010
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On Sunday we rounded off our series of four photographic walks with the Caerphilly Â Countryside Service. We canceled this last one from two weeks ago due to the weather and were rewarded with a stunning day and a group of sixteen keen participants.

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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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Bala – A Retrospective – No 3

January 27, 2010
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Continuing the the series of opening up negatives from 30 years ago.

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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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Tom Ashmore's Response to the 350 Project

October 12, 2009
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We’re running a major environmental project in university at the moment called 350, much more about this soon, but check out this piece of work from one of our first years at Glamorgan University. You can see more of Tom’s work at his site.