Britain’s Owls

Short-eared owl hunting along the roadside, North Uist, Outer Hebrides Many people, including non-birders, love to see owls and where you live will influence what you have a chance of seeing.     The Tawny Owl is Britain’s most numerous and widespread species.  Think of a ‘hooting’ owl call and it will be this species…

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Zoom no more

During the worst of the pandemic, I decided to begin Zoom talks so that I could still share my experiences and photography with various groups and give them some wildlife related topics to help them through difficult times.  However I am now back giving talks in person to groups within 45 minutes drive of my…

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Fabulous Hobbies

The day before storm Hannah arrived we had spent time in two of the hides on the Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve watching up to 9 distant Hobbies together.  Photography was out of the question as the birds were so distant and the light was poor. Overnight the gale force winds and the rain arrived…

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Successful Scottish Tours

Eagles, Otters, Ptarmigan and Bottlenose Dolphins are all possible as part of two easy-going back to back Scottish tours as can be seen by what we encountered a month ago. Moonrise from our Mull hotel We began in Inverness and drove west along the Great Glen seeing some good wildlife as we went including many…

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Raptors: New photos and Persecution

I have recently been invited to spend time in a friend’s garden where he has a pair of Sparrowhawks visiting and even nest building.  The garden is part wooded, part planted and also features a small stream which opens up into a pond.  The amazing thing is that the Sparrowhawks are approachable, especially the male…

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Tours selling well

As many of you will have noticed, my four tours are now on my web site. From the first mailing of my mini-brochure, three of the tours are more or less guaranteed to run, Mull, the Scottish Highlands and the Vercors. Having said that, there are still places available on each of these tours so…

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Getting there!

So at long last I am beginning to understand WordPress (thanks Mike for your help!) and have been able to update some of my web site pages.  The Birds, Mammals and Flowers pages have all got images now. Obviously I can only show a small percentage of my photos on a web site such as this…

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BLOG

So, over the next week or two I hope to complete my new web site if I can find my way around WordPress and all of its ‘avenues’!  I hope to add as much photography and other information as I can in the very near future and then I will commence some reports on my…

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