Ben Locke
Some new avian additions to the gallery… From Sri Lanka, the very common Indian Pond Heron hunting from a dead tree in the waters of Udawalawa and the White-rumped Shama – a bird I found in a densely vegetated part … Read more
Today’s gallery updates include the Mugger Crocodile photographed in northern Sri Lanka, and a couple more locally taken photographs – the White-fronted Dipper and the European Badger, both photographed in the Forest of Dean.
I’ve done some more coding this evening. Believe it or not, I enjoy coding, and that’s largely what keeps me making improvements to the site. After changing the appearance of the photography gallery page earlier this week, I’ve now added … Read more
Some new images have been added to the gallery again today. This time all of them were photographed within a mile or so of home, here in the Forest of Dean. These are amongst the Forest’s ‘star’ species and with … Read more
A small bug-fix today which stops fonts from occasionally displaying the wrong size when viewed on a phone. In far more exciting (even if totally unrelated) news, I’ve been doing a lot of planning in anticipation of my next trip, … Read more
Three owl images have been added to the gallery. The Tawny Owl was photographed only yesterday in its roost – the hollow of this old tree in Gloucestershire. The juvenile Long-eared Owl was photographed in Cambridgeshire as it waited for … Read more
Three new mammals have been added to the gallery today. I spotted the Lion lying under a small tree with a carcass and waited until it had finished eating. Even at this relatively close range the heat haze presented a … Read more
The gallery page (hopefully) looks a little prettier, with the addition of background images on each parent gallery. All drop-shadows have been removed, consistent with their recent removal from the rest of the site.
Today’s new images in the gallery are the Arrow-marked Babbler, the Double-crested Basilisk and the Helmeted Iguana. The Arrow-marked Babbler seen here was towards the southern end of its range in South Africa. The Double-crested Basilisk, or Jesus Christ Lizard, … Read more
I’ve made various small tweaks recently, but they’re so minor that they’re not really worth listing (besides that would require me to remember what they all were, which I can’t!). I have added a new page though to draw attention … Read more
Some overdue additions to the photo galleries today. The Golden Jackal was photographed in 2017 on a scorching afternoon in southern Sri Lanka. The African Wild Dog (Painted Wolf) was photographed in the Olifants region of the Kruger National Park. … Read more