The Deer of Tatton Park

A memorable visit a couple of weekends ago to Tatton Park to photograph one of my favourites, Red Deer and the bonus of getting some Fallow Deer in front of the lens

Firstly, the fallow deer





























And the Red Deer

A bad weather day rescued!!

After a lovely walk across the Arrans in awful weather, the rain and clag lifted back at the car, and a delightful stretch of the Afon Twrch had me reaching for the camera



Glorious late autumnal colours

Aber Falls

I just love running water, and more especially spectacular waterfalls, which is why i really love visiting Aber Falls.

Birchwood Birds

A few shots from the Bird feeding area at work

A lovely Robin





Bullfinch feeding on tree buds

Tiger

I have been lucky to have quite a few of my photos painted in various guises by some talented artists, but this reproduction of a recent photo of one of the Tigers at Chester Zoo by Sharon Whitley is stunning!

A gloomy Martin Mere

As i was passing Martin Mere at the weekend, i called in to see if there was any sign of the Whooper Swans returning from Iceland, sadly there was only a few early arrivals, and the gloomy drizzly weather meant not a great photography day, but still managed a few shots

Early arrival Whooper feeding on potatoes



They reckon there are 12,000 Pink Footed Geese on the reserve at the moment, lots about on my visit, coming in to feed on the spuds!





I counted six Whoopers in total, but i am sure they will be arriving in great numbers fairly soon



A distant shot of a pair of Peregrine falcons resting



My favourite duck, the male Eider





Eider feeding frenzy



Red Crested Pochard

Trotters World of Animals

A few shots from my recent trip to a beautiful little wildlife park, called Trotters World of Animals which is located near Bassenthwaite in the Lakes. Here they have a small selection of various domestic and exotic, but what really caught my attention was the Birds of Prey and the flying demonstraion.

Bald Eagle



Golden Eagle





Eagle Owl







Harris Hawk



Burmese Python



And a very cute Meerkat

More recent out and about shots

The wildlife photography seems to have taken a back seat more recently as I have been out and about walking a bit more, below are some shots from my late summer wanderings

Sunset over Snowdon, taken from the top of Moel Famau



A wider shot of Snowdon, Tryfan and the Carneddau



sun setting behind Tryfan



now dropped behind



the clouds turned a lovely deep red



A Buzzard just off the path up to Moel Famau



A stunningly beautiful place, Llyn Cau, beneath Cadair Idris





Llyn Cau from the climb up onto Cadair Idris



Waterfalls from Llyn Cau



A stunning sight, Llyn Cau in the glaciated bowl beneath Cadair Idris



One of my favourite mountains, Tryfan



yours truly on the Cannon Rock on Tryfan



waterfalls coming down from Tryfan