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Wednesday 28 October 2020

By the way

 

The birds on my having disappeared has left me with not a lot to do so my infra-red cameras came in to play, but now my garden animals have gone and I am at a loss. I always carry a camera in the car and the other day returning from a shopping trip in the next village we stopped in a quiet lane and to our surprise we were being observed. Only a matter of metres away stood a fallow doe. She made no attempt to run and stood watching us in the car.

Tuesday 20 October 2020

New friend


 This young for which I named Junior has been visiting my garden for around 2years. He came first time with his parents.  They don't come anymore so he came by himself for a while and then brought a yong fox along for a few weeks. He then made friends with a hedgehog, that lasted several months until the hedgehog disappeared and now he seems to be having a relationship with a cat. I wonder how long this will last.

Sunday 18 October 2020

Old faithfull

With my age still creeping up on me I am finding difficult on some days to go out with my camera's. But as luck will have it young 'junior' has started comming round for supper again.
The infrared camera doesn't flash. It just has a tiny red glow when it fires but somehow Junior appears to spot it some five metres away. We have auto lights in the garden and when these come on they don't seem to bother him.
He's very tidy, never leaves any mess, even cleans up after the hedgehogs.
 

Mike Attwood - Photographer

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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.