UK Based Amature Wildlife & Nature Photographer
Hi, my name is Marco welcome to my Blog, I currently live and was born in the North West of England in the city of Liverpool.
I work in the Telecommunications industry and when I’m not in work I love nothing more than getting out with my camera and looking for Wildlife to photograph.
For me there is nothing better than spending a silly amount of time away from the hustle and bustle of life and just totally relaxing whilst watching and studying how wild animals and birds interact and behave, of course its always a bonus to be able to capture an image as well but for me just being in that moment is unbeatable.
I’ve been photographing Wildlife since 2009, before this I was quite keen on Aviation Photography but I soon realised that whilst I was out photographing large mechanical metal birds my lens tended to be more inclined to photographing the feathered variety more often this then snowballed and eventually I was constantly photographing the wildlife around me rather than aeroplanes and the rest is history, I did mix the two for some time but to be honest now days I do very little Aviation photography.
All of my Wildlife photography on this site has been taken at various locations in and around the United Kingdom and I love nothing better than getting out and travelling the length and breath of the country in pursuit of seeing and photographing all sorts of Wildlife … I don’t think there is anywhere in the UK that I’ve not been to at so point over the past 7 years and what a beautiful country we have here, some of the places I’ve travelled to are simply breathtaking to say the least.
RAF Hawk – Click image below to view full size
RAF Hawk – Click image below to view full size
I’ve recently come back from a Scandinavian trip and experienced for the first time what its like taking large and heavy camera equipment as well as my laptop and a whole host of other assorted equipment overseas via air travel and its not as difficult as I thought it was going to be, so with this in mind I’m going to be planning lots of Scandinavian trips and of course travelling to places where the weather is a little more forgiving and where I don’t have to wear my snow boots.
There is so much to photograph around the world and the list of Wild birds and animals is simply endless, so my goals are to travel more with my camera taking both different and unusual photographs of the many amazing and wonderful wild animals that encompass the globe, but until my next adventure I can certainly settle for photographing the beautiful wildlife that can be found within the British Isles as we are very lucky here to have such a large and varied amount to photograph.
Thanks for taking the time to look at my blog and please feel free to leave any comments or suggestions, if you do wish to contact me then please do so via the following email address straker001@btinternet.com
Here is a dodgy photo of me taken on my mobile phone … I’m hopeless when it comes to photography with my mobile, hence the awful exposure (thank god I’m a little better with a proper camera!) it was taken in my hotel from my stop over on route from Helsinki to Lapland.
Helsinki, Finland March 2015
Best Wishes Marco.
Nice to see you name popping up on wordpress again. 🙂
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Thanks Kathy, I really need to do it more often, I hope you are well 🙂
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Your photos are gorgeous, as many have said so earlier. What comes to air planes there are them in museums also, not only in the sky. Sometimes man can find real “pearls” among them or what do You think about these:
Aviation Museum of Central Finland.
Have a nice day!
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Hi Sartenada, thank you very much indeed.
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Your photography is absolutely breathtaking! I’ve really enjoyed looking around your blog and I like that it celebrates our wonderful British wildlife. Looking forward to your future posts!
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Thanks Alex.
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Marco,
I love your work. I need an image of a flying barn owl for a climate education eBook I am working on that is based in England. Let me know if I can use one of your goregous images.
Warmly,
Carolyn
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Your photographs are truly amazing!
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Thank you very much Kathy.
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This is a great site Marco, it will inspire me to try and put the hours in for some local short eared owls.
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Thanks Nige and thanks for stopping by … Yeah have to agree Short eared Owls are beautiful its that piercing eye that does it for me, I’ve stopped by your site before (excellent site) so I’ll keep an eye out to see how you get on, if you locate a good site its well worth putting the hours in as you will be rewarded with what I think is one of the nicest looking birds to photograph.
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you have many brillant shots on here ,great stuff Marco
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Thank you Trev, and thanks for stopping by 🙂
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Thank you indeed.
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You have some of the best wildlife photos I’ve ever seen! I’ll make sure to use your photos for inspiration in my own works and link to your blog. You deserve recognition!
~S
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