Japan has been on my list of places to go for a very long time. What brought Japan to my attention from a birding point of view was the chance to see the biggest owl in the world, Blakiston’s Fishing owl, as well as one of the biggest eagles in the world, Steller’s sea eagle.
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The Outer Hebrides
My last blog post talked about all the sightings we had on a 1 day tour with Steve Duffield, the local wildlife guide for the Outer Hebrides. This post will talk about everything else I saw and did, as I was on the islands for a full week.
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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Iberian Lynx - A truly remarkable sighting in Doñana, Spain.
Last January I went on a mission to Doñana National Park in Spain with a group of 7 friends. The main aim of the trip was to see the Iberian Lynx, as well as enjoy the wintering birds of the legendary Coto Doñana National Park
Read MoreSnettisham Wader Spectacular - a technical view
For this blog entry I am going to talk about my wildlife photography technique and my thought process behind how I got the images and videos featured in this post. Two of the photos have been shortlisted for Bird Photographer of the Year 2020 which I am very happy about so I thought I would share how I went about getting the images, with what settings I used and with my own critique from the beneficial view of hindsight.
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