NEWS PAGE
Shelduck café and Gallery
You can now see an exhibition of my work for sale at the Shelduck Book shop and Gallery at the High Street, Porlock near Minehead in Somerset. Their phone number is 01643 862266.
Jamie and Lisa will offer you a very warm welcome, something nice to eat and drink, in relaxing and peaceful surroundings.
My thanks to them both for sharing our passion for wildlife and the opportunity to display our work.
My Blog & Youtube video
I will be keeping a blog on the website starting next year and uploading nature video via youtube for your enjoyment.
NEW EXHIBITION - PILES MILL STUDY CENTRE, Holnicote Estate, Selworthy, Minehead, Somerset
I am hoping to exhibit my work at this venue in the spring of next year. I will update this site with dates and details nearer the time. My thanks to Nigel Hester (National Trust) and the staff for their support.
September/October 2009 - Red Deer Rut.
Another great year for the Red Deer Rut, in fact on Exmoor it has been the best I have seen in 25 years!! Still struggling with my back at the moment, so I am very greatfull to Brian, Anthea, Jamie and Nigel for all their help.
I have been fortunate enough to have the use of 2 private hides this year and will be updating the
Red Deer Galleryvery soon.
Please tell me what you think of the new images and feel free to leave any comments you may have.
August 2009 - New book.
I will be publishing my first book later this year, it will be montage of all my photographs, including Otters, Red Deer, Barn Owls and much more. All the images will have been taken in Devon on the Somerset Levels and Exmoor. I will be including links and pricing info on this website when it is published.
AUGUST 2009 - New Laminate Stretch Canvas format coming soon.
Our Images will soon be available presented on laminate stretch canvas. I will be adding some photos of this format here, so that you can see what they look like.
This is an exciting alternative to traditional wooden framing which you will be able to order in a variety of different sizes that we will post to you.The images will printed on canvas using K3 inks, then stretched and laminated for protection.
I will be adding a new gallery for this format very soon.
See new Canvas Gallery.
JUNE 2009 - New Badger cubs, Fox, Exmoor Ponies (including foals), Red Deer in velvet, Barn Owls, Little Owls, Tawny Owls and Kingfishers photo's coming soon.
I have been unwell recently; unfortunately chronic back problems and photography don’t mix, my thanks to my wife Alison, my son John, Jamie, Lisa & Cathy for all their help and encouragement through this difficult and painful time!
Fortunately most of the wildlife photographed above is almost quite literally on my doorstep, so I haven’t had too travel very far. My physio tells me the exercise will do me good, although I’m not always convinced!
We have been extremely lucky to be invited to photograph both the Kingfishers and Red Deer from private hides (sorry I can’t divulge the locations, so please don’t ask).
The Exmoor ponies were photographed from the car, sometimes this can be a brilliant hide.
And last but by no means least the Barn Owl ‘Casper’ was photographed at EXMOOR FALCONRY & ANIMAL FARM West Lynch Farm Allerford Porlock Somerset England UK 01643 862816, by kind permission of Cathy Powell, follow this link to their website, or visit my links pageto read more about them.
APRIL 2009 - New Otter & Woodpecker photo's coming soon.
New Otter close ups coming very soon. Keep an eye on the Otter Click here& Great spotted Woodpecker
Click here galleries which I will update as soon as I can!!!
March 2009 - Cetti's Warbler & Great - crested Grebe.
Fantastic new Cetti's images coming soon, it's taken me 3 weeks to get these great shots, but I hope you agree it has been worth it. Click here
I have also had the pleasure of photographing Grebe's 'dancing' & 'weeding' this month.Click here
Special thanks to my friend Rob for sharing this perfect location with me. I should have uploaded all the new images onto the site by the end of March, keep an eye on the Wetland Birds & Grebe Galleries for updates.
For me this is one of my favourite times of year, everything seems to have come alive with frenzied activitiy this month.
February 2009 - Great White Egret.
I was very lucky to see this magnificent bird recently, completely by chance flying over the Somerset Levels, it really is 'great'
February 2009 - Otter Cubs at play.
Fortunately our concerns for the cubs during the coldsnap over Christmas were short lived, despite my worries that they were being disturbed, they have quickly returned to their playful routines and habits.
January/February 2009 - Otters on the ice.
New Otter images coming soon, keep an eye on the Otter galleries. Images include 2 Otter cubs playing on the ice!!!
More images coming soon.
I also have new images of Red Deer to upload on to site soon.
December 2008 - Starling Roost - Somerset Levels.
I will be uploading some video clips of this amazing event. They will be for viewing purposes only and not for sale, but I could be open to offers!!
More images soon
Sept/Oct 2008 - New Red Deer Pics.
Make sure you view all the Red Deer pages to see new images. Also coming soon, images taken from a new hide! Please keep an eye on the Red Deer Gallery I will be adding these great new images as a sub gallery soon.
Click here to visit Red Deer Galleries
August 2008 - New Osprey & Marsh Harrier pics.
July 2008 - New Bittern shots coming soon!
June 2008 - Osprey, Hobbys & more!
New pictures of Osprey, Hobbys and more coming soon.
Spring 2008 - See Otter Gallery
I have had the pleasure of photographing a family of Otters in Somerset this spring! special thanks to Tim, Roger, Bob (M) & Alison for your advice and local knowledge.
Red Deer Rut 2007
New photo's of this years rut on Exmoor, including amazing new pictures of a big stag, locally known as "VAN GOGH"
I have not been very well this autumn and as a disabled photographer who cannot walk far, I have had to find creative new ways of getting close enough to photograph the Deer, but it has definitely been worth it, the fresh air of Exmoor does you good when your feeling ill, but there are still lots of places I can't get to anymore! For those of you that are interested I have been using a black Manfrotto Monopod (model 679B), which also doubles as a very good walking stick.
For anyone with mobility problems there are some local "Safari" tours on Exmoor. See our links page for more info. Or click on this link Barle Valley Safaris
I have only been up a few times this autumn for the rut, but I have been extremely lucky, I've even been able to photograph the Deer from the car this year!
I have also met some very friendly and extremely helpful people visiting Exmoor, all have been enjoying the beautiful scenery and wildlife we are blessed to have on our doorstep. Thankyou to the people I met for your help, I hope you enjoyed your stay.
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