On my walk this morning I went past a small wetland area alongside the river and noticed something written on one of the signs. Someone had written VANDALISM Now a desert No habitat for birds or animals No Conservation And I had to agree. This was once a small haven for wildlife and I'd written a previous blog about spotting a kingfisher on the pond. https://www.wildlifepirate.co.uk/single-post/2019/03/11/a-new-king-on-the-block Along with the kingfishers I'd photographed gre

Somethings in life just go together, fish and chips, Fred and Ginger, Halifax Town and non-league football. But red kites and stoats? I set off this morning meaning to go to one place and changed my mind, and I'm so glad I did. Muddy Boots cafe (or bistro these days) is close to Harewood House near Leeds and is a great place to photograph red kites. Red Kites were released on the Harewood estate in 1999 as part of a UK conservation initiative. Their spectacularly successful

St Aidans country park near Leeds is home to around 25% of the UK’s breeding black necked grebes so a must to visit in Spring. The site...

Spoonbills haven't nested regularly in the UK since the 1700s, but in recent years they have slowly been expanding their range north and...

There are a lot of different habitats close to where I live but one I don't visit as often as I should are the moorlands. Whenever I...

A friend recently bought a new camera and was keen to get out and about and asked me a good place to go. I suggested we could go to...