photographs: people, places & things
Squirrel Time Of all the wildlife I see when I walk in the Tame Valley there is probably no mammal as abundant and as visible as the Grey Squirrel. Of course, you don’t need to walk along the riverside or in woodland to catch sight of the common squirrel, they can be found in gardens […]
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The Great Spotted Woodpecker. A few weeks ago, in mid-December, I wrote about spotting the Great Spotted Woodpecker. Yesterday whilst out walking and in the same location, and that my wife and I call Woodpecker Gate, I saw him again and managed to grab a few pictures. I won’t write in detail about the woodpecker […]
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Who doesn’t like the robin There are probably very few people who don’t enjoy the sight of the Robin Redbreast and it’s fair to say that it’s one of my favourite birds. I recently wrote a blog post Little Robin Redbreast and I did mention in that post that although the robin is very much […]
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The after dark trail We are fairly frequent visitors throughout the year to the National Trust property at Dunham Massey and were there again last weekend for the annual Christmas light show along the after dark trail. We went to the light show last year and really enjoyed it. In fact we enjoyed it so […]
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A regular sight The Robin Red Breast is almost as common a sight as any other bird on my daily walk, and it’s hard to think of day when a robin isn’t to be seen. Although the European robin is associated with Christmas he is fact an all year round bird. It’s worth saying as […]
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Spotting the Spotted Woodpecker There are three species of woodpecker that breed in the UK: the green woodpecker; the lesser spotted woodpecker and the great spotted woodpecker. The Lesser Spotted is a declining species of woodpecker whilst the great spotted and the green are pretty common and can be found across the UK, although I […]
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Horse field Quite often when my wife and I go walking, whether on our own or together, we frequently head off via the same route. The route takes us off our housing estate, across a local common, and onto a path that brings us to a steel gate that in turn takes us along a […]
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Getting used to a new lens Earlier this year I added a new lens to my kit bag. The rather snappily titled Sigma 105mm F2.8 X DG Macro OS HSM. It was September when I bought the lens and since then I have written a couple of posts (including pictures), and which you can check […]
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The Ashton canal – an urban walkway The Ashton canal is a short stretch of waterway that runs for a little less than seven miles and links Manchester city centre with Ashton-under-Lyne. We decided to have a walk on this canal simply for a change and to get a taste of a more urban route […]
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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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