Last week I spent some time at my local water vole site (looked over by a good friend of mine) and I was rewarded with some good views. They were how ever a little shy to begin with. But they soon appeared in the open. The set up there allows some clear shots of these…
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A couple of weeks ago I found out there was a poppy field not far from my house, but it took until last week for a sunny evening to coincide with me being free to go there. I got there about an hour before sunset and had to work round a couple of families and…
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Last November I decided to have a day out photographing for wildlife, but rather than head out into the countryside of East Anglia, I instead headed in to London. This may seem like a strange place go for wildlife, but there is plenty to be seen and much of it relatively easy to approach. I…
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Back at the start of April I had a trip up to Fingeringhoe Wick to see the adders. Normally I would disclose the site for adders, but the fact they can be found here is well known and site well wardened and closed overnight. I arrived a bit later than planned and the adders were…
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When you ask people what they think of Grey Squirrels, opinion can be as divisive as, well, that subject dominating the news for the last 2 years…. But there is no denying they can be rather photogenic. They will often pose well, doing their best to look cute, as this one did at Thorndon Country…
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2018 has been a mixed year. It started with a sad loss, but also had a number of positives. Having a toddler running round, the impending arrival and then arriving of child number 2 and starting a new job all meant that time for fun stuff like photography was restricted and there was no family…
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Back in April while carrying out a survey, temporarily place a couple of male smooth newts in an aquarium and fired of a few shots In spring male smooth newt grow a large crest along their back and the colour become more vivid, also they can attract a female to breed. The webbing on their…
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January 2018 was a bit of a non event photographically due to a loss in the family. Other than a couple of hours in the ‘pondman shed’ and a lunchbreak or two pointing the camera at some blue tits, I didn’t take many shots. By February I had decided to get out and do something…
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Last month I had an early morning walk around Wat Tyler CP. It was a typical chilly autumn morning, with the rising sun was warming things up slowly. I was hoping for some dewy webs, but was not in luck. I did however find this Garden Spider sitting on a leaf. It was hard to…
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About 1pm today a friend excitedly told me that a Beluga whale had been seen just down the road off Coal House Fort near Tilbury. I got less excited when I found out it was on the Kent side, but it was still a cetacean in the Thames, and an Arctic one at that! I…
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