Avenue of the Baobabs Madagascar has been on our agenda for a long time but, if I’m honest, I was put off by the concentration on lemurs and the need for lots of travelling to see the variety of wildlife on offer. The island is the fourth largest in the…
Badger I’ve been talking about my wildlife adventures for around 12 years and, during that time, I’ve spoken to 60 different and diverse groups from Huddersfield and further afield in Yorkshire and Cumbria. During that time, I have met loads of interesting people and made quite a few friends. I…
It is always such a joy and pleasure to see young animals taking their first peek at the world, having been cocooned for their first few weeks of life in a nest of some description. Yesterday, as dusk was fast approaching, the first of our this year’s baby tawny owls…
The Panama Canal was first transited in 1914 when ships were a tad smaller than many are now. Eventually, the locks were unable to accommodate the bigger vessels and new locks were completed in 2016, so much bigger that, now, Cunard’s flagship ocean liner, Queen Mary 2 can nicely fit…
It’s approaching Christmas once again so time to distribute some of the cash you have been kind enough to give me over the past four months for images, calendars, cards, and listening to my talks. For the past five years or so, I have given my undivided support to Zarach,…
Every couple of years, I produce a photobook for my own consumption, containing some of my recent images. In my latest book are images from the UK, Africa, Australia, Florida, the Caribbean and Brazil, including the Brazilian Pantanal. Photobox have introduced some new software to their website which makes the…
Thanks again to those who have supported my photography in different ways, I have been able to send £1300 to Zarach, to help provide beds and other essentials to children in poverty.
It was a beautiful morning when I left my car to take the 40 minute trek across rough footpaths to get to the Snaizeholme squirrel viewpoint near Hawes, North Yorkshire. I’ve been four or five times in the past and didn’t realise that you can drive most of the way…
Yesterday, we paid another brief visit to the Farne Islands off Northumbria’s coast. If you’ve ever been, you will know that your most important piece of equipment after your camera, is a hat. A hat is not to keep the sun off you or to provide shelter from the rain,…
It’s early Sunday morning and my first job of the day is to take Jess Malko for a walk. Jess is our grand-dog and she’s staying for a few days while the rest of the family sailed off to the Netherlands for (if the WhatsApp photos are anything to go…