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Senior Ecological Consultant and Photographer of wildlife, travel and outdoor family fun!

23/05/2026

Four-Spotted Chaser at RSPB St Aidans 🌞🦋

📸 Samsung Galaxy S26
📅 May 2026

21/04/2026

Will never take for granted having this on my doorstep 🌅🥾🐦❤️ BOOMING bitterns, Cetti's warbler and first goslings of the year!

18/01/2026

✅ 2/88 - West Nab Trig

A short circular hike to the Peak District's most northerly Trigg - West Nab.

Features impressive gritstone tors and views over the Wessenden Valley.

⛰ 501 m / 1,644 ft
📏 4.26 km / 2.65 miles
🚗 Parking: Layby Wessenden Head Road, Holmfirth
📸 Canon EOS R6 | Sigma 24-70mm

01/01/2026

At this time of year, after far too much turkey, Christmas pud and mulled wine (or in my case, cider! 🍎), it feels right to pause, reflect, and set new goals for the year ahead.

For 2026, I’ve decided to take on two long-term challenges:
🏔️ the Peak District 88 Trig Point Challenge.
🥾 the Lake District 214 Wainwright Challenge.

I’m under no illusion that I’ll finish either in a year — that would be madness — but with a bit of persistence, hopefully I’ll tick them all off before I’m old, grey and senile.

So, let’s begin…

✅ 1/88 – Higher Shelf Stones
📍 Bleaklow Moor, Peak District

A circular route from a lay-by on Snake Pass, walked anti-clockwise. Footpaths were mostly in good condition with just a couple of boggy patches underfoot. The weather was brutal — bitterly cold and blowing a gale, especially near the summit.

I made a short detour from the trig to visit the B-29 crash site — haunting, humbling, and absolutely worth a visit. The descent had stunning landscape views and a riverside path led me back to the car. Legs were well and truly aching by the end.

A tough but brilliant way to kick things off!

📅 Boxing Day – 26 December 2025
🗺️ Grid Ref: SK088947
⛰️ 621.8 m / 2,040 ft
📏 11.13 km / 6.92 miles
👣 16,818 steps
🚗 Parking: Snake Pass (A57 lay-by)
📸 Canon EOS R6 | Sigma 24–70mm
🌱 Round-leaved crowfoot (Ranunculus omiophyllus) in flower

27/12/2025

It's been a while since I last took my camera out, but I did on Boxing Day to head up to the most haunting place in the Peak District - the B-29 "Over Exposed" crash site.

On 3rd November 1948, a U.S. Air Force B-29 Superfortress named Over Exposed crashed here during a low-level training flight, tragically killing all 13 crew members. The wreckage still lies scattered across Bleaklow moor, acting as a poignant memorial and a stark reminder of the area’s history.

15/07/2022

Some stunning wildflowers around St Aidans RSPB Leeds, Uk.

Hare's-foot clover
Common centaury
Kidney vetch
Ragged robin

📸 Canon R6, 100-400mm

26/06/2022

Feeding time for these bundles of fluff! - Swan and cygnets at St Aidans RSPB, Leeds

📸CanonR6, 100-400mm

BBC Springwatch

16/04/2022

Incredible week at work out on Bat and GCN surveys... not only did we find both but also found another much loved British protected species - the water vole!

📸 Canon R6, 100-400mm

09/04/2022

"Lucky kestrel, unlucky mouse!" - photographed during an after work evening stroll at St Aidans RSPB.

📸 Canon R6, 100-400mm
📆 Taken 7th April 2022

St Aidan's Nature Park

26/03/2022

I'M BACK!!!... So after Storm Franklin killed my 5D I'd like to welcome the R6 to the family 👏

Looking forward to getting to grips with a mirrorless camera... day 1 and I'm already very impressed!

Had a quick wander round St Aidans RSPB to try it out... 4 black necked grebes showing nicely, cetti warbler and bittern flew over - but i was just too slow! 🙈

RSPB Love Nature St Aidan's Nature Park

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