Fly Agaric appears
As if to prove me wrong after last weeks prediction of no Fieldfares for a fortnight two arrived over the Golf Course on the 3rd – the earliest I have had locally in thirty nine years. All the Swallows have now gone but there are still Willow Warblers and Chiff Chaff in Hopwood woods. In […]
Redwings Arrive
Just over a week since my last entry and no filming during that time due to inclement weather and lack of subject matter. The last week has seen a big exodus of Swallows and on one morning forty two Meadow Pipits were feeding on one of the fairways on the Golf Course. Green Woodpeckers are […]
End of Summer filming
After some good late Summer weather there has now been a change and in the last week we have had two days of heavy rain. Filming has ground to a halt with the party of Kingfishers I was working on now dispersing and proving illusive and despite baiting the foxes none have appeared when I […]
Wettest and dullest summer ever
Here we are the first notes for the blog after the wettest and dullest summer ever. Despite the lack of sunshine, on video you don’t need it, I have amassed 35 hours of wildlife so far this year. If this had been cine film it would have cost over £3,500 instead it has cost £70! […]
The reason I am writing this blog
I have been interested in wildlife, especially birds, since I was 4 years old, when I was shown the contents of a Dunnock’s nest by my father. As I grew older I maintained a diary of my wildlife sightings which now intend to share with you on this blog. There have been many trials and […]
Whooper Bonus
I have said many times before that with wildlife photography you never know what will turn up when you head for the hills. On one of those superb winter afternoons last week I set off for the high moors hoping for some Owl activity – I never got there!! As I drove past an insignificant […]
Kingfisher Dee – Lights
A perfect spring morning on the River Dee at Rivercatcher and in these conditions all over the country Kingfishers are beginning to dig their tunnels. It is the only time of the year when you will see Kingfishers with earth on their bills and it can take weeks to complete a tunnel 3 feet into […]
The Unwelcome Visitor
I do not know of anyone who would rejoice at the visit of a Brown Rat to their garden. Let’s not forget that they Are an important creature of the British countryside and form the prey of many of our most exciting raptors. During the last fifty years I have filmed them being brought to […]