Jersey Part 2

With the success of the lizards i thought i'd try and get something a little different, Red squirrels! i very rarely get the chance to do mammals so when Mark had told be about the reds on the islands i jumped at the chance to get them!

Mark having studied them for a year knew the locations and where to find them. people put out special feeders for the squirrels and they tend to dot around them in the day having the same feeding times as us.

they are a lot smaller then the greys and harder to spot!

 great to try something different and will try and do more stuff with mammals

Thanks to Mark Fox


Hints -

- Be patient for the guys they will come but they can be very elusive

Jersey - Part 1

So i recently took a trip to Jersey in the channel islands the most southern point in the UK. It had a wealth of wildlife to choose from and i had local photographer and friend Mark Fox to help me locate species.

With reptiles being one of my main interests i was keen to find the two lizards that can be found on jersey and not mainland Britain naturally the wall lizard and green lizard.

The wall lizards turned out to be a pleasant surprise as they weren't to scared of people and allowed me to get quite close with causing distress to the animal.

Green lizards on the other had prefer a different type of habitat and needed a little more skill to get the shot. using techniques i've done with sand lizards and common lizards i got up early so they would be out basking and slow moving allowing me to get closer without them running of.

Hints -

- you dont have to go to the seringeti to get great wildlife shots and remember britain is a island nation with hundreds of islands containing wildlife the mainland doesn't.