Richard Steel

Wildlife Photographer based in North West England. Anything with fur, feather or scales will keep me happy with a camera for hours.

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My computer hard drives have many folders of photographs I have never sorted out. Occasionally I like to delve in and pick one out to process. This is an Iberian Bluethroat that was found high in the Gredos mountains of central Spain back in 2017.

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@churchartnature Indeed 😊

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Still one of favourite warblers but always a challenge to photograph given their preference for the tree canopy.....the Wood Warbler

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One of the local urban foxes, which I usually see at night, taking in some sun.

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An unexpected but welcome, brief encounter with a daylight Barn Owl.

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@VirginiaKStowe Like this https://t.co/iIbwNdWM4i

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Photographing warblers in reed beds is always a game of patience and waiting for them to appear in the right place to get a view unobscured by stems. Certainly not recommended on a windy day. A Sedge Warbler in song this morning.

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Grasshopper Warbler broadcasting its insect like song at sunrise.

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Male Black Redstart amongst the terraced vineyards along the north-east shore of Lake Geneva

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Male Linnet with its breeding colours.

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@matttrevillion1 They were mine for many years.....in fact I still call them the green nemesis.

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Green woodpeckers are a very wary bird, so it was a vey slow and careful crawl to reach this feeding male.

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Skylark ascending this morning.

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Following the progress of the young green woodpeckers from the very start of the journey this year.

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An early morning crawl, to spend some time with a male Wheatear

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Not a native bird, but the Red-legged Partridge is a nice splash of colour and pattern on a Spring evening.

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A fly catching Stonechat locked on target

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After a cold night, a male Wheatear warms in the sun before continuing its migration northwards.

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Happy to get a few photos of a local Cetti's Warbler this week.....tricky birds to photograph.

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Up with larks. Watching the sun rise with a Skylark for company.