In early July, Christine and I once again travelled to the Bear Centre, near Vartius, in central Finland. Like our visit in the Spring of 2025, we travelled from Helsinki using the amazing Finnish train service, this time taking a sleeper train to Oulu, then changing trains for Kajaani, where we hired a car to […]
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Ordinarily, a night spent in a photography hide is going to be uncomfortable with no guarantee of a reward. That’s not the case with Tom Robinson’s Tawny Owl setup in Lincolnshire. The ‘wired hide’ comes with everything you could wish for in terms of comforts. There are camera ports at an ergonomically appropriate level, comfortable
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The phrase ‘National Treasure’ gets thrown around a little too easily these days. Still, I feel safe in saying that for the majority of British people, David Attenborough truly is our greatest national treasure. His inspiring programmes and soothing narration have been the bedrock of some of the most remarkable and innovative television of the
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Estimates suggest that between 70,000 and 100,000 insect species have been formally recorded in Costa Rica, with the true number likely somewhere between 300,000 and 500,000. Add to that over 2,000 species of spider, and it quickly becomes clear there’s no shortage of subjects for macro photography, and the great thing is that you can
In November 2025, Christine and I returned to Costa Rica, one of the most biodiverse places on Earth. Amidst all that diversity, one of the highlights of any visit is the amazing colourful frogs. While it’s possible to find frogs in most hotel or lodge gardens, you’re better off on a guided tour. The benefits
Typically seen as a ghostly silhouette, flitting through summer nights at speed, this Brown Long-Eared Bat has been frozen in time by a high-speed flash, providing an opportunity to see these remarkable creatures in glorious detail. Brown Long-Eared bats are one of the most common and widely distributed species in the UK, and are typically
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We’ve just experienced an eruption of Seven-spot Ladybirds in our garden; there are literally hundreds of them. This has prompted me to dust off my macro lens and flash to try a little macro photography. The gallery below includes both day and night images. The spiders are common Garden and Long-jawed spiders. Macro reveals so
Last weekend, I spent a night in a hide designed specifically for owl photography — in this case, Tawny Owls. These owls, while entirely wild, have become habituated to the site and are accustomed to both LED lighting and flash photography. The hide is set on the edge of farmland, with suitably atmospheric perches: gate
I just had to share this image of a female badger. Like much of the UK, it’s been an incredibly dry spring in Cambridge. A consequence of this is that the ground is like concrete and the worms, the staple food of badgers, have retreated much deeper into the soil. With food scare, badgers sometimes
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In March 2025, Christine and I took a huge gamble: we went on a wildlife photography holiday to see a single, elusive species—one that is secretive and predominantly active between dusk and dawn. The animal in question was the Wolverine, and the location was the forests of Finland. To add further jeopardy, we chose to
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