FOXGLOVE COTTAGE PRODUCTIONS

Owner and freelance DoP @ Foxglove Cottage Productions, based in North Dorset, UK. Wildlife Photography & Videography plus Songwriting and Composition creation.

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An exhausting day : up since 0430, filmed Nightingales for 4 hrs, then a long but eventful walk with me ol' mates, now Rick Wakeman beckons

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@DorsetWildlife I thought I would share my excitement at finding this Ocean Sunfish in Poole Bay at the weekend. A very short and poor record video clip I'm afraid but as we approached it immediately dived - still a great and unexpected find 👍😲😎#sunfish#oceansunfish#timbalmer

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Very excited to find a Sunfish in Poole Bay this am. With a water temperature of 19.5 degrees and the sea awash with jellyfish and flat calm - it was in it's element. Apologies for the fleeting video footage, but it unexpectedly dived😲. #sunfish#oceansunfish

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Having spent three weeks in Ibiza, we returned home to our north Dorset garden to find to our delight that a 3 foot grass snake has taken up residency in our pond... Wow! what a great welcome home 👍😉😎

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Having spent three weeks in Ibiza, we returned home to our north Dorset garden to find to our delight that a 3 foot grass snake has taken up residency in our pond... Wow! what a great welcome home 👍😉😎

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Great to be out early this morning to record our avian friends - including drumming gs woodpeckers, Chiffchaff and Goshawk - to name but a few. #audio, #recording, #avian, #birds, #parabolic #microphone, #Chiffchaff, #goshawk,#timbalmer,#foxglovecottageproductions

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Spent the day out in the field hoping to photograph Short-eared owls, but instead, I had the company of a Goshawk, and very vocal he/she was 👍👌😁😎 #timbalmerphotography #timbalmer #goshawk

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'Foxglove Studio' now beginning to feel like a studio at last here in sunny North Dorset 👍🎶🎹🎶🎸🎶🎤😎🎶😎🎶

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What a way to mark our 10 year anniversary with male Osprey 022 giving an excellent flying display near the boat, finished off with an expert catch and fly by. Here’s looking forward to another 10 years. @timmackrill @DorsetBirdClub @RoyDennisWF @BCPCouncil

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@harbourbirds @ChrisGPackham @MeganMcCubbin Great news, and I was lucky enough to watch 3 very high flying Ospreys whilst out kayaking in the harbour yesterday - welcome home 👍😎 (but avoid the oil slick please) ☹️☹️☹️

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@Simon4NDorset Very sorry to hear that news Simon, I hope your girls are not too upset.

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@DWTBrownsea @DorsetWildlife @harbourbirds @DorsetBirdClub @BirdGuides @_BTO @Natures_Voice That's terrific news 👍, I was lucky enough to have been there a couple of years back when we witnessed the previous/first record of around 46(?) birds, but this is excellent news 👏👍😎

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A cracking sunset here in North Dorset this evening as we soak up the last of the days rays 😎😎😎

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This is a Horseshoe whip-snake, which has now become a major problem here in Ibiza as it is decimating the islands endemic population of lizards. This adult was approximately 70cm long and will now have to be euthanized #horseshoewhipsnake #ibiza#euthanized #invasive#lizards

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Well you couldn't make it up! I'm off to Ibiza today with the hope of filming Eleonora's falcon - and one turns up in Kent for the first time ever 🙈🙈🙈🦅🎥🦅🎥🦅🤣🤣🤣👍😎...it should be a little warmer though 👏👌🌞🌞😎

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May flies magical appear, then dance in the skies for too short a time, but it's a reassuring sign that summer has arrived here in the UK 🌞🌞😎

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Sometimes the simple and most common things in life can bring great pleasure...

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@HughHarrop @RareBirdAlertUK @BirdTrack @ScottishBirding @Britnatureguide @RaptorPersScot @SaversSea @SunnysidePri @PromoteShetland @NLFerries @RSPBScotland I was also lucky enough to have a close encounter with our local White-tailed Sea Eagle yesterday in Poole Harbour- as I was kayaking 🛶😀🦅🛶👍😎🦅🦅🛶🦅🛶🦅

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@Nigel_Hiscock Great image Nigel, you're obviously making the most of the extra time 👍😎

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Lovely to see my first early purple orchid now starting to appear in North Dorset today...

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@markwright12002 Not at all jealous Mark 😉👍😎