After my succesful visit to the badger sett I was keen to head back and see if I could get some pictures of the badger cubs. There are three at the sett this year, two are regularly seen on the trail cameras with mum and the other seems to have been adopted by a nanny badger, one of last years cubs, although all three regularly get together for a scrap! The second evening I went back was freezing and after about an hour I headed home shivering. I later checked the camera foot

Do you remember when the internet was a much safer and more innocent place? When a short animation featuring badgers and snakes was a viral hit. Well last week I had my own badger moment. I monitor a sett which is in some woods at the bottom of a friends garden and I have a number of trail cameras set up to see what's happening down there. I usually check the cameras at the weekend and I'd noticed that not only did the badgers have cubs but they were also coming out a lot ear

I've recently been visiting a new site close to where I live. It has a small stream running between woodland on one side and a meadow on the other. The brook has kingfishers and dippers and in the woods there is a pond which attracts herons and ducks. Ive spent a lot of time sat down by the stream photographing the dippers and grey wagtails and hoping a kingfisher might visit the perches I've put out. Also every time I've been I've seen roe deer in the meadow or on the hill a

We recently had a few days away with the dogs in a cottage near Stratford upon Avon. The cottage was in a classic English village with a...

I've never really considered rats before, they're not an animal thats very high on any ones agenda really. They have a bad reputation and are seen by many as dirty, disease spreading vermin. They definitely didn't appear on my original target list of animals to photograph. However I've recently changed my mind. Last week a couple appeared underneath the feeders I've put up hoovering up anything the birds dropped. My first reaction wasn't positive but then why not, they're wil

This morning I came across an unwanted guest on my local nature reserve. The American Mink as its name suggests isn't a native UK mammal...

Whilst in France recently my friend asked what photography trips I had lined up for the rest of the year. So we started discussing the...

Last weekend I went to the Vendee region of France to stay with friends. They have renovated an old house with a selection of out...

It’s been quite wet the last few days and the woods are muddy to say the least. It was easy to spot deer tracks so I thought I’d follow...

Until fairly recently the only Red squirrel I’d ever seen was Tufty the road safety squirrel who helped teach me to the cross the road. I...