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Great Crested Grebe and Moorhen families
I was very lucky to be able to watch a young family of Great Crested Grebes last week in a local pond. By the time I had found out about them, the chicks were over a week old and becoming independent in getting around the pond, though they did occasionally hitch a ride on either mum or sometimes dad’s back. Unfortunately they were at quite a distance from the shore on both days that we went down to watch them, so taking photographs was a challenge. Closer in, near the edge of the lake were two families of moorhens darting in and out of the reeds and it was possible, from time…
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A Victorian Society – Now available from Amazon
My new book, ” A Victorian Society” is now available to buy from Amazon UK, EU and USA (UK price is £15). It’s a strange feeling to have such a major work in print. I’ve published books before but nothing on this scale. Whilst the book is local history in content, it has a lot of information about Victorian society in general and the world of photography and photographic societies in particular, so I believe that it will be interesting to a wider range of readers than just those with an interest in Oldham. I hope so anyway! Price £15 Product details Paperback: 326 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1545379858 ISBN-13: 978-1545379851 Product…
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Today’s doodle
This one was taken last autumn but have only just started to look at the set of RAW images. Lovely girl, great model.
