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Thursday, 24 August 2023

Blogging break.

I am saying goodbye  to the foxes for a couple of days while I take a little holiday. A couple of good friends are taking Jacque and myself down to the coast for a break. I am taking a camera with me as I understand there will be plenty of wildlife for me, so the theme of my blog will change a bit.
 

Tuesday, 15 August 2023

When the foxes feed


 When the foxes feed there is always one who would rather sit and watch and sometimes even have a little nap. I think it just likes its photo taken. It is about 2metres from the camera when this was taken.

Saturday, 12 August 2023

Foxes still calling

They wait patiently for my room light to go on in the evening then all hell breaks loose and they dash round the garden hoping to get the best mouthful of biscuits.
After the food has gone things get more quiet and I may get a thankyou from the cheekier ones.
They may even hang around for a chat which is often the case. They never dash off, they often find a little corner and sit for a while. 
 

Thursday, 20 July 2023

Missing for a couple of days

I have been off line for a couple of days as some rogue had got into my system, but with the help of my friends I silenced and destroyed the path into my set-up. It was costly in time but the animals carried on as usual, in fact there is three outside my window enjoying their supper.
 

Sunday, 16 July 2023

Hedgehogs return

Several months ago our neighbour tidied up his garden with a rota-scythe and killed off a couple of hedgehogs and the rest ran away. I have pleasure in announcing the return. 
Welcomed by the foxes who treat them as friends. One kept his distance but the other joined the foxes at the dinner table. A very welcome sight indeed.
 

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.