This blog is really an account of what wildlife I saw during the lockdowns and through the seasons on a local level. It’s an older blog that I didn’t manage to post at the time but have since realised it has some decent images. Most of the stuff I post about is usually quite exotic and from far flung places so it’s about time I photographed and wrote about what I have on my doorstep around Manchester, UK.
Read MoreWorld's End - Llangollen - Wales - Black Grouse
In recent years I have been making the annual trip up into the hills of North Wales to Worlds End and the legendary Black Grouse Lek that is there. I suppose, once you have seen it once then you have no real reason to return, but for a photographer, it’s different…
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Barred Warbler, Side Ancient Ruins
Turkey: Birding around Side Ancient Ruins, Antalya
If you have read my previous few blogs, I have been birding in Turkey recently, and we were staying around Side, near Manavgat in Antalya. I read a few trip reports online that were raving about ‘Side ancient ruins’, which is quite a large expanse of Roman ruins throughout the historic town centre of Side.
Read MoreCattle egrets, La Janda, Martin Loftus
Raptor Migration in Tarifa, Spain
Fresh back from a great 3 night birding trip to Southern Spain with mixed emotions. Happy that we saw a great suite of some top quality birds, but angry and sad as we were the victims of a robbery, and I’ve had all my camera gear stolen. Most photos in this blog are by my friends Martin Loftus and Dennis Atherton, who were with me on the trip.
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Black-tailed Godwit flock at the visitor centre at Frampton Marsh RSPB
Late Autumn in Norfolk, England
Norfolk is without doubt one of my favourite places for wildlife in the UK. I particularly enjoy it in the winter where you can see huge flocks of waders over The Wash at places like Snettisham, Frampton Marshes and Titchwell.
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