Richard Smart - Nature Photography

I like to photograph any aspect of nature. The ever changing light and seasons mean that there is always a subject to please.  I am never more content than when I am strolling through my local Forest of Dean in search of new arrivals and seasonal flowers etc.
This site is categorised into birds, mammals, reptiles, and insects although I do include landscape and industrial archaeology since these too are of great interest to me remembering that my local stamping ground is the Forest with its great industrial heritage and stunning vistas.

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Crossbills are seen regularly at New Fancy in the Forest of Dean.  Finally I have had the chance to get some half decent photos. I shall be back to get better ones though.
 

A visit to the Forest of Dean provided some good photos of Nuthatches and Magpies, the latter a much maligned but very handsome bird.

This website is a work in progress which I enjoy updating so please re-visit to see latest offerings.

Not only are the Bewicks back but two Bitterns are there as well.  They can be seen regularly eating voles; if you are lucky - right in front of the hides