Charlie Ward Photography

🌱Ecological Consultant and Marketing Coordinator @thomsonec
📸Photographer of wildlife, travel and family outdoor fun!

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Refreshing my aerial rescue skills @thomsonec with Fig - the tree climbing bat dog! ❤🐶🦇

#ecology #ecologist #bats

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EVRI's mission to make you recycle more... is to put your parcels in your green wheelie bin... and no note through your door! 😢 Thanks #Evri #hermes !!

@BBCWatchdog

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I wish trees could talk. I wonder what stories this ancient tree could tell...

I've been busy this week completing walkover surveys on the rail for some upcoming track renewal works, and whilst in Stafford, I couldn't resist taking a little detour to visit this beauty! ❤

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It was a busy weekend for me moving lots of critters out of harms way to a new home 🐸🦎❤ @thomsonec

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You can't beat getting home from a long week working away to your 3yo niece screaming
"AUNTIE CHA-CHA'S HOME!!!!"
"AUNTIE CHA-CHA'S HOME!!!!"
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

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Surveyed a whopping 509ha last week & I was so impressed by the farmers in Yorkshire creating a haven for wildlife.. wide species rich field margins full of dragonflies & butterflies, hedgerows full of birds, trees idyllic for roosting bats, woodland with active badgers setts....

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10 days of hiking, camping & wildlife watching...

Day 2

Yorkshire 3 Peaks ✔
White Scar Cave ✔

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@samuelebolton I'll have a wander around there... thank you!! 😊

St Aidans RSPB in east Leeds is also amazing for wildflowers at the moment.

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I've been combining my love of photography with learning scientific names of plants...

So here's the first of many to come.

#1 - Hare's foot clover
(Trifolium arvense)

#botany #photography #ecologist #wildflowerhour #nature

[CIEEM @CIEEMnet]

Today's Winner Spotlight is on @CharlieWardPho2 from @thomsonec who won the Promising Professional Award! Charlie's developed her knowledge and skills so much that she's completing roles above her grade! #CIEEMAwards

More information on Charlie: https://t.co/SxugKs5tkX

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Had a walk last night with my local botany group to find this rarity... the killarney fern! 😍

#botany #ecology #rareplants #bsbi #plants

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Feeding time for these bundles of fluff! - Swan and cygnets at St Aidans #RSPB @RSPBAireValley

📸#CanonR6, 100-400mm

#TwitterNatureCommunity #springwatch @Natures_Voice #wildlife #nature #photography

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Over the moon to have won the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management Award in the category of Promising Professional.

It was a brilliant day celebrating in London and one I'll never forget! 🥰

#CIEEM #CIEEMawards

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Yesterday I attended @CIEEMnet members network event for the Yorkshire & Humber.

Thank you to Clare Cashon for organising the event & sharing her botanical knowledge 🌱 & @ecology_digest for a fascinating insight into invertebrate surveys 🕷

Cant wait for the next one! 😊

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So many bee orchids along the canal at Woodlesford, Leeds ❤
The orchid mimics a bee to attract pollinators... but the right bee species doesn't live in the UK so these are self-pollinators #wildflowerhour @CanalRiverTrust #springwatch

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Nature trying to survive in our trash! 😞 @MyWakefield @WakeExpress #newmillerdam

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White dead-nettles (Lamium album) are really underrated! They do not sting but these gentle plants have a fierce appearance. It's the latest species (No. 224) going in the flower press, along with a few others collected this week... 🌼 #botany #ecology #nature #wildflowers

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Spot the signs of badger...! 🦡😍

#ecology #nature #woodland #wildlife #ukwildlife #ecologist