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Tuesday 28 September 2021

Well I never

I looked out of my bedroom window the other night to see if anything was happening and I saw Junior laying on the grass enjoying a biscuit, I turned away tp get my camera and another fox arrived.

Obviously a friend of Juniors because they settled down and had the rest of the biscuits together and spent the next hour or so enjoying each others company.
 

Thursday 23 September 2021

Garden tidy up


 We allowed the garden to become a little wild in order to give a little more of a friendly feeling towards our wildlife. Yesterday we spent alot of time tidying, weeding and cutting the grass etc. and generally getting the place ready for winter and then the new year.

One of the foxes came into the garden early, got scared when it saw how clean and tidy it was and ran off as quickly as it could. An hour later Junior wandered in and stood and admired the scene before having a snack of biscuits and trotting off home.

Friday 17 September 2021

Foxes again

It has been very quiet with the foxes for some time, calling well after I had gone to bed each night. On my birthday last week two of them turned up and enjoyed some food and a rest in my garden so that was a nice little birthday present for me. As usual this shot was taken through my bedroom window.
 

Thursday 9 September 2021

Don't know what I'd do without my foxes

I really don't know what I would do without my foxes. The birds have disappeared from the village, I can no longer walk far so the local woodland is out of the question but the foxes visit me every evening without fail.
They are all getting used to me and if they here the click of my camera they just glance in my direction and carry on with what they are doing.
This one is standing in the corner by the road as a car goes by the other side of the hedge but it doesn't bother it. It knows it is safe this side. All these pictures are taken after dark through my bedroom window, no flash is used, just the light from a street lamp.
 

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.