photographs: people, places & things
Etherow Country Park We recently visited one of our terrific local nature reserves – Etherow County Park, just a half dozen or so miles from home. It’s one of those places that we have been to many times over the years, going as far back as when our own children were small and our walk […]
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Winter is on the way The morning clouds look heavy, the sky looks grey and the steady sound of raindrops gusting onto the window don’t make me feel like venturing outside just yet. Today has got a wintery feel to it, although in practice It will actually be another four or five weeks before the […]
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An occasional question. I suppose I would describe myself as a keen amateur photographer with an emphasis on the words keen and amateur. There have been a few occasions when out walking along local canal paths and riverbanks that along with the question what are you taking pictures of? I have been asked what sort […]
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Part five of the heron watch This is the last of the blog post of this weeks ‘heron watch’ series. You can go to Part 1 at this link and you will find links to the other daily posts from there. What has been proved without doubt is the grey heron really is capable when […]
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Competent fishing Day 4 of my week of watching the Grey Herons fishing on the Peak Forest canal was rewarded with some decent results as the heron plucked out a number of fish in quick succession. In keeping with most of the herons we see this chap was feeding alone and wading with great stealth […]
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Quick fire fishing The third part of this weeks Heron Watch allowed me to see the Heron in fine fishing form. Within the space of less than two minutes and almost as soon as I had positioned myself on the bank opposite to where he stood he had found, caught and swallowed three fish! With […]
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Heron Fishing watch – Part 2 Following on from Part 1 of this weeks Grey Heron watch, Part 2 features a sequence of pictures of the Grey Heron catching an early breakfast offering. This catch wasn’t quite as routine as most … as the heron brought the fish to the surface and out of the […]
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Frequent fishers I have posted before about the Grey Herons that we regularly see on our local waterways. We never tire of seeing these big birds, and realistically Herons are probably the biggest birds that most of us in England will get to see on a regular basis. It’s only recently that we have been […]
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Heron watching There are in excess of 60 different recognized species of heron. Sometimes they are known as egrets or bitterns, but this is mainly because they are either mainly white of their plumes are more decorative. Wandering along our local stretch of the Peak Forest canal can be ideal for watching the herons and […]
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Autumn colours Another autumn wander along a short stretch of the River Tame and then the Peak Forest canal. For this walk I left my zoom lenses at home and went armed with just my Sigma 105mm 2.8 DG Macro HSM lens. Taking just this lens meant that I knew in advance that it was […]
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