Fallow Deer
Chaffinch (male)
Rob
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- Rob Ward
- Cinderford, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
- My name is Robin Ward, I was born and I have lived in the Forest of Dean all my life. I consider myself privileged to live in such a beautiful place. Having a massive passion for all our wildlife I have created a blog as a diary, covering all wildlife. I have also created another blog, dedicated to our beautiful snakes that we have here, in the Forest of Dean. I have been monitoring and surveying areas for the adder and grass snake for many years and will do for the rest of my life. It's not a sin to love wildlife, we need it to survive! Robin Ward
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I am not just a photographer. I have always had and always will have a massive passion for wildlife and nature. When I am photographing wildlife I always put the animal first, if I feel it will be too stressful I will move away. Only when I am satisfied that my subjects are relaxed, will I photograph them.
I work hard with our native snakes, surveying and managing certain areas for them in the winter, so they have a good habitat when they emerge from hibernation in the spring. Over the years I have learned a lot and now I never move the snakes for photography purposes. My photographs you see of the snakes are of them in their natural environment.
Some people ask me how I know so much about certain subjects, like our snakes, wild boar and deer? The answer is simple, my passion for our wildlife is overwhelming and I want to learn as much about it as possible.
My photography is just an extension of my passion, my way of showing others what I see.
I am self taught with everything I know, but it doesn't come easy and it doesn't happen over night! I will carry on learning for the rest of my life through reading, research and practice.
Rob
I work hard with our native snakes, surveying and managing certain areas for them in the winter, so they have a good habitat when they emerge from hibernation in the spring. Over the years I have learned a lot and now I never move the snakes for photography purposes. My photographs you see of the snakes are of them in their natural environment.
Some people ask me how I know so much about certain subjects, like our snakes, wild boar and deer? The answer is simple, my passion for our wildlife is overwhelming and I want to learn as much about it as possible.
My photography is just an extension of my passion, my way of showing others what I see.
I am self taught with everything I know, but it doesn't come easy and it doesn't happen over night! I will carry on learning for the rest of my life through reading, research and practice.
Rob
My pic of 2013. Sow
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- Slow-worms and a High Adder!
- Newspaper Article - Snakes
- Filming Reptiles
- Reptiles in the Forest of Dean
- Juvenile Male Adder (Vipera berus)
- Great Crested Grebe Footage
- Some Grebes and a Short Film
- Adders in the Forest of Dean
- Spawning Frogs
- Atrazine - Amphibian Killer
- Wood Mouse
- Ninja Skills!
- Resting Fallow Doe
- A Few From Today
- The Snake and the Egret
- Cannop Ponds
- Some Deer and a Chaffinch
- Forestry Commission Rangers at New Fancy Today
- First Adder of 2010
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Adders already! Their habitat up here is still covered with snow..
ReplyDeleteLike your boar comments re the Countryfile slot; culling and using profits to fund conservation work has got to be the way forward, same for deer, unlikely there will ever be wolves or lynx back in the UK's lowland forests unfortunately.
Cheers
Dave
We saw an adder at New Fancy today and yesterday basking on the path in the sun!
ReplyDeleteHi Dave,
ReplyDeleteNo I don't think they will introduce them now, but it would make it a very interesting place if they did and a lot more people would respect the forest for being a wild place, unlike they do now! They tread it as a playground!
Hi Pencilportraits,
ReplyDeleteYes, I have been watching him for the last 4 years. He is a brave one alright, but I hope he doesn't bite a dog, or worse an unsuspecting child. That's my only fear. Saying that, he has been there for at least the last 4 years without an incident (that I'm aware of).