photographs: people, places & things
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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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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