Installing an Owl Box

It’s that time of year again when you start to clean out your bird boxes from this years breeding season. It’s also a great time to install Owl boxes, both Tawny Owl and Barn Owl readily take to man made boxes, due to the now common practice of tidying woodlands, removing suspect limbs from trees and the conversion of old barns in to homes has reduced nesting sites for both species…..

Matthew Birchett22 August 2023

Photographing Owls

One of the most frequent questions I am asked is how do I find and photograph Barn Owls, there is no simple answer really but patience and time are the main factors. Although there is no exact science to locating Owls there are a few key things you can do to increase your chances of…..

Matthew Birchett19 August 2023 Comments

Photographing Deer

Autumn is the time for the Red & Fallow Deer Rut and there really is no better time of year to photograph these magnificent creatures, an iconic mammal of the British countryside. The Red Deer is our biggest land mammal, and male stags can grow up to 137cm tall to the shoulder, and weigh up to…..