Category Archives: Nature / Wildlife
Short trip to the Lakes – 4 seasons in 1 day.
A quick visit to the Lakes during the school holiday. We stayed near Keswick for four days and enjoyed some interesting weather however we still managed a good walk every day and the weather added to the enjoyment. First day was … Continue reading
Posted in Cumbria, Holiday, Lake District, Landscape, Nature / Wildlife, Personal, Places
Tagged buttermere, Cumbria, keswick, Lake District, Landscape
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Landscapes – in Fog and Snow
Its always an easy option to stay indoors if you can in bad weather but if you can force yourselves the weather actually improves landscape photos, or at least mine! I ventured out today on a cold foggy day with … Continue reading
Posted in Camera Clubs, Consett, Consett and District Photography Society, County Durham, Landscape, Nature / Wildlife, Places, plants
Tagged snow, trees, winter
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Its been a long time since I visited the Red Squirrels
After what seemed an age I returned to a local reserve of Red Squirrels to see how they were fairing, especially since we had a downfall of snow today. I shouldn’t have worried as I was lucky to see my first … Continue reading
Posted in Consett, County Durham, Mammals, Nature / Wildlife, Places, Red Squirrel
Tagged animals, mammals, nature, red squirrels, snow, wildlife, winter
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Black and White Challenge Day 4
Getting towards the end now and the choice doesn’t get any easier. I had very little time today as I had a number of jobs to catch up on after my holiday. However a chance meeting on the way home … Continue reading
Where’s the shutter button?
While enjoying a quick visit to me local Red Squirrels, I realised that sometimes you need a helping hand to take a photo. However some assistants don’t know one end of a camera from the other! They might not … Continue reading
Second but last visit to the Squirrels.
I returned to my favourite location for a quick 1 hour visit to the Red Squirrels this morning. I really went to have a look for some fungi and check what was out at the moment but couldn’t resist the … Continue reading
Red and Purple always go together.
A very quick visit to the reservoir today meant I completed my year in the life of my local Red Squirrels. This year in the life – has taken me about 5 years to complete but at last I’ve covered … Continue reading
Posted in Consett, County Durham, Mammals, Nature / Wildlife, Places, Red Squirrel
Tagged mammal, nature, nature photography, photography, red squirrel, wildlife, wildlife photography
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Out and about trying ‘one handed photography’.
5 weeks down since my tendon operation and I’m starting to use my left hand to take some photos – not easy as all cameras are right-handed. I accompanied two friends on a quick visit to Weardale, armed with a small … Continue reading
Natures waking up fast!
I had a long walk on the moors today as the weather was so good. I had hoped to see the first of the adders as will be waking from the hibernation banks and getting ready for spring. However after … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Butterfly, Consett, County Durham, Insects, Landscape, Nature / Wildlife, Places
Tagged birds, butterfly, Co. Durham, curlew, insects, lapwing, moorland, moors, nature, wildlife
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Don’t forget the wildlife – as snow returns to Derwentside.
Compared to a normal year or even other parts of GB at the moment, this years winter has been kind to us. Very little snow and quite mild! However over the last couple of days we have at last seen … Continue reading
Posted in Birds, Consett, County Durham, Mammals, Nature / Wildlife, Places, Red Squirrel, snow, Weather
Tagged birds, consett, county durham, grouse, nature, pheasant, robin, snow, squirrel, weather, wildlife
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