tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59638580056474769362024-03-05T15:27:05.247+00:00Alan Heeley Wildlife PhotographyCapturing the wildlife within Derbyshire and around the UKAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06174200680304199452noreply@blogger.comBlogger102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963858005647476936.post-36120453440335637952017-07-20T12:42:00.003+01:002017-07-20T12:42:36.383+01:00"Many Apologies"Seem's like a life time but I once said "I will try and keep this Blog up to date"! A lot has been happening in the last few months and I can only apologise for the lack of post's.<br />
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Those that are close to me and my family will understand, there are still a few loose ends to sort out and they WILL get sorted but that is another story.<br />
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Anyway I have not been concentrating on much just lately but I am hopefully going to get back on track very sooner are a few images that I have taken over the last three months or so.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06174200680304199452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963858005647476936.post-68199079133160722902017-04-25T19:06:00.002+01:002017-04-25T19:06:48.493+01:00Little OwlAsk any wildlife photographer if they would like to photograph a Little Owl and the answer would probably be "yes".<br />
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I have over the years photographed a fair few but I have always had a particular shot in mind and this year it started to come together as the farmer I know rotated his crop production and the field was set with 'Rape seed oil'.<br />
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Now everybody and their father knows that when 'Rape' flowers it is a mass of yellow every other field looks as though it is carpeted in some kind of exotic yellow flower!<br />
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About four months ago I started to put my plan in action and feeding a particular spot with the odd mealworm (or two) just to keep the Owls interested. I then added a couple of perches near to a large branch that had fallen during one windy night of which the Owl's used on a regular basis as a look out perch.<br />
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After a while I introduced my dome hide which on this occasion I know will be safe and it has been left in situ.<br />
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Did it work .....you may ask yourselves.... well lets see!!!!!<br />
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At first they would stay a distance away.</div>
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As time went by they used perches they had used for a while.</div>
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Then after a while the male would come onto one of the perches I had put into place.</div>
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Now all you have to do is ask yourself "am I looking at the birds eye or am I looking at the background"????</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06174200680304199452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963858005647476936.post-35648109799836584672017-03-22T12:39:00.003+00:002017-03-22T12:39:42.583+00:00OttersI had always wanted to go to the Isle of Mull in Winter to photograph the Otters but in the back of my mind there was always the doubts of shorter days, the weather will the ferries be running. Luckily for us none of this became a problem yes we had a mixture of weather but for the main it was sunny, dry albeit a little windy and the Otters were about, although not playing for the camera all the time.<br />
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We stayed for a week this time usually it would be for a fortnight as I have always said "a week is too short a time on this fantastic island".<br />
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Sightings of Otters was good a total of 32 sightings from 13 individuals over the week long period and this was one of the best weeks I have had for them on Mull.<br />
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We met some very like minded people and again it was very nice to be able to share our finds and help other people out, some getting their first close encounters with the Otters.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06174200680304199452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963858005647476936.post-25365524023401858662017-02-22T12:19:00.002+00:002017-02-22T12:19:19.640+00:00Derbyshire DippersWe are lucky in the fact that in Derbyshire we have our fair share of streams/rivers that are doing very well for Dippers.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06174200680304199452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963858005647476936.post-3258589269494531192017-02-03T15:45:00.001+00:002017-02-03T15:45:02.783+00:00Harvest Mice workshopsI am now taking bookings for the Harvest Mice Workshops if interested please email me on<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06174200680304199452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963858005647476936.post-83789145802448727452017-01-12T19:03:00.000+00:002017-01-12T19:03:54.875+00:00New Year 'Hares'Not really as it was the second day of the New Year. Decided that a trip onto the high tops of the Derbyshire moorlands was called for, and with two good friends in tow off we set.<br />
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As an added bonus a fresh few inches of snow had fallen on the very highest parts of the moors making a bigger challenge in picking out the Mountain Hares than it would have been, but once you had got your eye in we all started to find them.<br />
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Days up here with the Hares are never the same but within say 30 minutes you can usually judge what the Hares are going to be like and today was no exception, today we just could not get near,150 metres and they were off!!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06174200680304199452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963858005647476936.post-7621186442191234382016-12-27T19:27:00.002+00:002016-12-27T19:28:51.209+00:00Grey SealsYes it has been some time from my last post and I can remember saying that I would not get into the same routine as a lot of other people do when starting a Blog, but believe you me a LOT has been happening and there is a LOT more to happen!!!!!!!<br />
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Decided to have a trip to the East coast, for two reasons really one to see and photograph with a good friend of mine the second to be able to photograph Grey Seals and their pups.<br />
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Bags packed and the B and B sorted, Anne home from work fed, watered and changed; off we set. A good steady three hours later we were shown our room in this very nice country pub and enjoying our evening meal. A sign of things to come was the gritting lorry that passed the pub that night!<br />
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After a good wholesome breakfast we set off for the beach, not a cloud in the sky and a very hard frost but the sun shone and did we feel the chill when we had parked up and stared out to the North sea.<br />
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The walk was not as bad as I had expected and my friend had been before a few days before hand so knew just were to go.<br />
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I had heard reports of a few birds being seen/heard in Derbyshire but mostly were birds that were flying through, that was until about a week ago when four birds turned up in a pub car park in Chesterfield.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06174200680304199452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963858005647476936.post-10451049624934547172016-10-13T15:02:00.000+01:002016-10-13T15:05:24.055+01:00Isle of Mull .....OttersIt has been 5 years since I last visited the Isle of Mull but I hall not leave it that long again. This time myself and Anne stayed just outside Salen on a working farm for two weeks.<br />
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The last two weeks in September you don't exactly come for the sunshine!! We had sunshine, rain and high winds thrown at us but more than anything it did not stop us from going out everyday and locating the elusive European Otter.<br />
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It always amazes me when on Mull the amount of people that come up to you and say something like "this is our fifth visit and we haven't seen one yet"!!!!! Well' perhaps if you stayed in one position longer than five minutes then you may stand a better chance.<br />
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Myself and Anne saw Otters everyday, but not always photographable, that is where the luck, patience and a bit of field craft comes into play.<br />
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My first location was one I was very familiar with and in the past I had seen and photographed there before, this time what made it better was that I met a fellow photographer Robin Stansbridge and his wife Bridgette, so that meant some of the time there was four sets of eyes but mostly there was just the two.<br />
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We came good with our first session with this Otter and after watching it for several days we got used to it's traits and could forward guess the rocks it would come onto when bringing in a larger fish or to mark out it's territory.<br />
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Not everything is smooth sailing I must have put an average of six hours watching getting into position etc. for just a couple of minutes photography time, but this is what it takes when dealing with something that you can be watching one minute the next it has dived and you do not relocate it for another twenty minutes or more because it is no longer heading the way it was but has turned back and gone to where it started!!!! So frustrating at times.<br />
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The second week I met a guy called Carl Gray another great wildlife photographer and after meeting Carl on his first day on the island I told him about this certain Otter what it was up to etc. And hopefully Carl would get some decent shots as I was going to look for other Otters in different locations. It was very nice to here from Carl at the end of the week that he had had some luck with the Otter and he thanked me for the info.<br />
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I eventually saw eight individuals at different locations but only spent time with three of them over the two weeks.<br />
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This is two typical views of an Otter, just imagine looking at the first one if the water was a little choppy!! Second one typical distant view of Otter cleaning itself and caring for its coat.</div>
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Anyway in the meantime I have been getting down to my Kingfisher hide and once again I thought that the Kingfishers would have a bad time again as once more just as the young were about to fledge the heavens opened up for a few days and the water level rose. This year they were lucky they did not get flooded out.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06174200680304199452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963858005647476936.post-28634936309747231962016-05-30T20:02:00.002+01:002016-05-30T20:02:25.130+01:00A few things!!As the title suggests I am working on a few things at the moment such as Kestrels and Badgers, and if I am not doing those I am sorting out the Kingfisher hide (still no Kingfishers)! and the reflection pool.<br />
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Once you come across these magnificent mammals in their Highland homes high up in the snow line you just have to admire them and feel for them I suppose at the same time. Just think for a moment what they have to put up with; the extreme low temparatures, high winds,<br />
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From the pictures you are going to view the weather was glorious still below freezing (just), but the sun was shining all day, previous to that two days before we could hardly walk and was nearly blown off our feet!<br />
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I have three places that I visit for the Mountain Hare in Scotland but again a local guide put me onto a new place which both myself and Anne found was the easiest to walk, and the number of Hares was<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06174200680304199452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963858005647476936.post-21151456847773664622016-03-18T18:26:00.002+00:002016-03-18T18:26:12.616+00:00Scotland ..........Part 2You cannot go up the Cairngorms and not photograph the Snow Buntings....or can you!!! This year I saw several smallish flocks both on the way up and down when photographing the Ptarmigan, but as always I pinned my hopes next to the picnic tables in the top car park.<br />
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And as ever I through out a little seed and did not have to wait long before one Snow Bunting turned up, yes that's right one.....<br />
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After spending most of the time on the 'hill' I had not left long for the Buntings and was a little disappointed to only have this single bird come down. But never the less I had a good time watching it forage around for the spilt seed.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06174200680304199452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963858005647476936.post-88019314796555787012016-03-15T10:42:00.002+00:002016-03-15T11:21:49.480+00:00Scotland Trip.......Part 1I have just returned from a week long holiday in the Highlands of Scotland along with my wife Anne, this was Anne's first 'Winter' trip to Scotland and we were both really looking forward to it.<br />
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What we were not expecting was the glorious weather that greeted us on our arrival and for the following day, not a cloud in the sky and wall to wall sunshine!!<br />
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This made me change my plans and so with an early start on Sunday we headed up to the Cairngorms ski centre and headed out into the corries looking for Ptarmigan. In recent trips I had not been very lucky with what can be an elusive bird, I say elusive but I suppose everything can be that if you do not manage to get a photograph of your target species that you are after! Now today I cannot blame the weather it was just a case of getting into position scanning the area through binoculars and listening for the call of this beautiful bird.<br />
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We both could hear the birds and after picking out a few Mountain Hare we saw our first Ptarmigan, a group of 5 birds which were being watched by a group of people that must have been the envy of any photographer as these people were not photographers but must have had this group of birds within feet of them!<br />
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Soon afterwards Anne saw something move "over there its white and moving" was all I had to go on!!!! Anyway after getting my breath and asking Anne to point me in the direction off I went and found a cracking male bird, who was very confiding but did not hang around for long.<br />
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I have only ever seen one in Derbyshire and that was in Shaw Wood a woodland managed by the Countryside service and thanks to a workmate at the end of a days work who gestured to me to leave what I was doing I just managed to get a glimpse of a single adult Muntjac going through the wood.<br />
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Anyway apart from that here we are again, so what I have done this time is to share some pictures with you on the two projects that I am working on so far in 2016.<br />
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The first one is of course at the farm and my feeding station/reflection pool hide area, now I am not going to blame the weather; as I find it a poor excuse nowadays as with the technology at our fingertips, but my luck has not been good, most of my rest days have been wet ones with a few exceptions, but the birds have been there with a very good number of Tree Sparrows, Reed Buntings and Yellowhammers being in good numbers this year despite the mild weather.<br />
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In fairness things don't seem to get going until the cold weather arrives, but never the less I have continued to feed all year round, and steadily the number of birds have increased.<br />
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One of the most common species is in-fact a bird that is struggling country wide and that is the Tree Sparrow, I can get 30+ on a regular basis but strangely no House Sparrows!!<br />
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Along with most members of the 'Tit' family the resident Great spotted Woodpecker usually makes 4-5 visits a day, and with the Chaffinches, Yellowhammers, Goldfinches, Robins, Dunnocks, Blackbirds, Collared Dove........ I could go on, and not forgetting the local Sparrowhawk.<br />
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I have never had the male Sparrowhawk land, as yet! As for the female she can put in an appearance at any time during the day and if she does not go straight through she will inevertably land on one of the perches looking round trying to find what she has just missed before flying off to have a go at finding lunch somewhere else.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06174200680304199452noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963858005647476936.post-18828819230432575782015-10-29T19:28:00.002+00:002015-10-29T19:28:27.243+00:00Mountain HareI know I have fallen into the same old trap as most people I know who start off with a Blog and with all good intentions try to keep it up to date but I really have been busy and could not find the time. But now the clocks have gone back and the long nights are setting in I am going to push myself to really try and catch up.<br />
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And for starters I have just had a week off and at the start I decided on a whim to take Anne up onto the High Moors and have a go at Mountain Hares.<br />
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Not a promising start to the day as we parked up there was a lot of mist about and visibility was around 100mtrs, but going on the mountain weather report this would lift around 09:00 and visibility should be good.<br />
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As we made our way up to the higher ground I think we disturbed up to four individuals and I could see that some transformation in their coats was happening, albeit not a lot.<br />
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As the day went on and the walking seemed to get harder one thing was missing...... that's right the Hares; there were none showing, so I made a decision that we turn back and head to a certain point and have lunch. This would probably be the best move I made but at the time I was thinking we were going to be out of luck and it would be a long walk back to the car!<br />
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A quick lunch was had and by now I had resigned to the fact that we were going to draw a blank when Anne said " look whats this here", to my surprise right under where we had been having our lunch there sat a Hare, and you can say the rest is now history!!<br />
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The weather was good although we did have a morning of rain, but sadly not enough to make the rivers run a bit more wildly!!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06174200680304199452noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963858005647476936.post-33503546089338932452015-09-04T17:53:00.004+01:002015-09-04T17:53:36.706+01:00Water Scapes!!!!I have always dabbled in landscape shots that include water but I have never seen it through. Not getting fed up with 'wildlife' I decided to shove the boat out and get myself some ND grad filters and set myself a task!!<br />
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As you can see we were spoilt for choice and we both agreed that further visits would be needed.<br />
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