Archive for December, 2005



On The Move

Published on December 17, 2005

Life has just presented me with one of those crossroads which seem to happen from time to time in one�s life, and at which momentous decisions have to be made.
For various reasons my wife and I are leaving Whyndyke Farm and moving to the Isle of Bute, Scotland.
There I have found a most beautiful cottage […]


A Charitable Idea.

Published on December 13, 2005

On hearing that a couple of my friend�s daughters were organising an evening�s entertainment for the cancer charity, I engaged my brain to see what, if any, useful prize I could donate.
Surprisingly, I actually managed to think of an idea which was popular, and which helped to raise �900. My prize was a photograph of […]


Sparrowhawk

Published on December 10, 2005

Chaffinches, Blue tits and Great tits sound an early alarm. Collard dove�s wings clatter as they strive to gain height above the tree tops before his arrival. Small birds dive into the middle of the most dense bush they can find.
Then almost before you can blink your eyes, the steely blue guided missile has streaked […]


Slavonian Grebe

Published on December 2, 2005

I visited Fairhaven Lake, St Annes, this morning in the hope of some Pochard duck images. I was very pleasantly surprised to find a Slavonian Grebe on the water. Although he was quite shy, I managed about 100 low level images of him using the Canon 1D2 and 800 Sigma mounted on a wimberley tripod […]