On the 17th February 2014 I had the amazing news that I had been choosen as a Local Patch reporter for BBC Wildlife Magazine. Through the year I have had great encouragment and support from Ben, Matt and Jo at the magazine and was lucky enough to meet them during the summer.
This year has been quite mad with newspaper interviews and appearing on the radio to do a live article.
During the year I have been fortunate to meet some of the people who inspire me such as Chris Packham, Simon King, Ben Garrod, Wildlife Kate, Jo Cartmell, Stephen de Vere. All of which have been helpful and supportive.
Appleton Wildlife Diary joined Twitter and facebook this year. I want to say a big thank you to all those who have followed me, RT, favoured. liked, given advice and generally encourage me.
The wildlife highlights of the year were getting closer to the badgers, finding the one eyed hare, fallow deer, peregrine falcons, getting my first photo of a fox, dolphins, puffins and finding out there are Otters on my local patch.
In the past couple of weeks, the best ending to the year was finding out I'd won 1st and 3rd in the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust 8-11 years photo competition as well as coming first in the people's choice section.
Here are some of my favourite photos from the past year.
(In no particular order)
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| Hare |
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| Heron in the garden |
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| Kestrel |
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| One eyed hare |
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| Two peregrines fighting over a pigeon |
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| Puffin |
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| Red necked grebe |
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| Reed bunting |
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| Rook drinking |
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| Seal |
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| Sedge warbler |
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| Baby squirrels |
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| Tree creeper |
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| Grey wagtail |
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| Water Lily |
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| Great spotted woodpecker |
More of my favourite photos of the year to follow tomorrow
