Dippers of the Dales
My love of the Dipper started as a small boy, I’d catch two buses from my home with my bag packed with cold toast and a flask to get to Lathkill Dale, in the Peak District. Once I got there I’d sit and...
View ArticleDippers- Early Nesters
The Dippers in the Peak District have been incredibly active over the last few weeks, they are normally early nesters and have two broods per year but with this month’s glorious weather giving the...
View ArticleNatures Healing Power
In August’s 2020 issue of Bird Watching magazine there is a sixteen page pull on why birding can change your life. I’m pleased to have contributed to this and hope it helps to inspire people to get...
View ArticleNothing To Prove
Wildlife Photography isn’t a competition, it’s something very personal to the individual. I get asked many times how do you become a wildlife photographer. I often reply be yourself look inward at what...
View ArticleSpirts Lifted
Spring lifts the spirits and brings places to life. It’s the best time of year, full of life, action and wildlife behaviour. The British countryside is beautiful at the best of times but in spring it’s...
View ArticleDiving Dipper
Here is a short film of an adult Dipper feeding in the Peak District National Park, watch how they just dive into the river looking for food, it’s incredible. A bird that has fascinated me since I...
View ArticleDipper Project
Working on your own projects is a great way of learning more about your chosen subject, while becoming a better wildlife photographer I firmly believe. Learning how the light changes at different times...
View ArticleDisplaying Dipper
A male Dipper displaying in the Peak District National Park. These aquatic songbirds are very territorial and will defend their patch of river at any time of the year from others Dippers looking for...
View ArticleDipper Dipping
This pair Dippers have started feeding their young in the Peak District National park. Now the real work for them starts with around three weeks of constant feeding. Each year I always look forward to...
View ArticleReady For Anything
The beauty of photographing wildlife is that you never know what you will see, its always changing and evolving. In this environment the photographer must learn to work with these changing conditions...
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