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Wednesday 3 January 2018

2017 Not a good year

 On the whole I was disapointed with my photography during '17. Family illness and my age became a bit of a handicap and I wasn't able to get about as much as I used to. Knowing spots where I could find old friends meant that I could sit in the car and hang the camera out of the window. I have been amazed what happens in a quiet spot on the side of the road. This badger is fed by the occupants of a cottage just a few yards off the carriage way and does not seem to mind snuffling around my car.
This barn owl was around quite a bit at the beginning of the year but was chased off a lot by the young peregrines when they became airworthy.
Like the badger this fox was quite happy as long as I stayed in the car.
 The bullfinch was photographed through my living room window. A rare visitor never to be seen again.
 Great grey shrike, first sighting in my life, again photographed from the drivers seat in my car. Ten minutes later it had gone.
The peregrines were the highlight as far as I was concerned, always entertaining. Always around and  doing something. This is one of the four youngsters bred this year just before he left to make his own way in the world. I never go anywhere without a camera.
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  1. Breathtaking9 January 2018 at 16:02

    Mike, I have enjoyed your Peregrine photos, and all your nature shots taken through your living room and car window this year. These all all stunning.:)

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    1. Mike Attwood9 January 2018 at 22:36

      Sonjia, It is the thing in life that keeps me going, I enjoy it so much and it is good to know it gives pleasure to others. Mike.

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  2. David M. Gascoigne,10 January 2018 at 14:10

    It's amazing that the badger was so confiding. I think of them as very wary creatures. I am not sure that its disregard for humans is a good thing!

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    1. Mike Attwood10 January 2018 at 21:31

      Hi David, Badgers are intelligent animals and get used to people that they know and recognise. This badger along with his friends know that in this particular place they are safe. This place is on private ground with limited access. This they understand. I knew a wonderful man by the name of Gareth Morgan who looked after a sett for more than 30 years and he gave the badgers names which they knew and came when called. They reacted only to him and only came when he was there although many people visited the sett with him. He was knon as the Badgerman of Wales.

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Evacuated during the second world war to a village in Yorkshire where I lived in the home of a good photographer for more than five years who taught me the basics and a great deal about nature. Well past retirement age I have been a wildlife photographer for more than 30 years. Red Kites have been my speciality for much of this period. I did spend several years snapping wheelchair athletes and organizing the British Road Race Championship. In the year 2000 I was awarded a distinction by the Royal Photographic Society for my portfolio on wheelchair athletes. Most of my pics are digital, using Sony cameras and Sigma lenses. I used to spend many weeks each year with friends in Wales which is close to the Elan Valleys where I got many of my raptor pics. I now get these pictures more closely to home, specially red kites and peregrines. I support my pension by selling my pics, cards, coasters, fridge magnets and key rings etc. at craft fairs, something I wish I had done much earlier in life. I give illustrated talks to clubs and societies on wildlife and other branches of photography that I have been involved in.