{"id":7386,"date":"2024-11-21T20:11:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T20:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/front_page\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T21:31:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T21:31:45","slug":"front_page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/front_page\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:8px\">I am a photographer.  Isn&#8217;t everyone these days?  On these pages you will, in the main, find photography of UK wildlife and landscapes that are accessible to all but often driven past or not noticed.  I&#8217;m not the sort of photographer who goes out and lies in a field for hours in the pouring rain waiting for a specific shot.  Some photographs are just as I was walking by, some are from specific trips where I knew I would have a range of opportunities.  <br><br>I don&#8217;t generally photograph people, except close family, I&#8217;m not patient enough!  <\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-2 has-dates has-link-color wp-elements-c6ea3227c7b0006e511c3d47cc9f70e9 wp-block-latest-posts has-text-color has-background-color has-background has-secaccent-background-color\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/2025\/12\/27\/cley-marshes-august-2025\/\">Cley Marshes &#8211; August 2025<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-27T22:33:23+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">December 27, 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">We went on holiday to Southwold in our van. On the drive down we stopped in Blakeney for a night to catch up with family. On the way back up a week later, we stopped in Cley for\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/2025\/12\/27\/cley-marshes-august-2025\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Cley Marshes &#8211; August 2025<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/2025\/12\/27\/blacktoft-sands-july-2025\/\" aria-label=\"Blacktoft Sands &#8211; July 2025\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nggallery_import\/DSC_6193-1024x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nggallery_import\/DSC_6193-1024x400.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nggallery_import\/DSC_6193-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nggallery_import\/DSC_6193-768x300.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nggallery_import\/DSC_6193-1536x600.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nggallery_import\/DSC_6193.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/2025\/12\/27\/blacktoft-sands-july-2025\/\">Blacktoft Sands &#8211; July 2025<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-27T21:14:19+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">December 27, 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">This was a fairly quiet visit to Blacktoft Sands. There were good numbers of Blacktailed Godwit, the Marsh Harriers were active, giving good views, and some lovely views of Wood Sandpipers in a group.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/2025\/12\/11\/badgers-in-cumbria\/\" aria-label=\"Joy of Badgers in The Lake District\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nggallery_import\/DSC_6591-1024x560.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nggallery_import\/DSC_6591-1024x560.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nggallery_import\/DSC_6591-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nggallery_import\/DSC_6591-768x420.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nggallery_import\/DSC_6591-1536x841.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/nggallery_import\/DSC_6591.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/2025\/12\/11\/badgers-in-cumbria\/\">Joy of Badgers in The Lake District<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-11T15:20:13+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">December 11, 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">In March this year my wife and I visited a Bed &amp; Breakfast in Grasmere (Lake District). It was our wedding anniversary weekend and The Lake District is one of our favourite places. As a bonus, the place\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/2025\/12\/11\/badgers-in-cumbria\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Joy of Badgers in The Lake District<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/2025\/07\/12\/garden-dragonfly-broad-bodied-chaser\/\" aria-label=\"Garden Dragonfly &#8211; Broad Bodied Chaser\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"798\" src=\"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nggallery_import\/DSC_5859-1024x798.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nggallery_import\/DSC_5859-1024x798.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nggallery_import\/DSC_5859-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nggallery_import\/DSC_5859-768x599.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nggallery_import\/DSC_5859-1536x1198.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/nggallery_import\/DSC_5859.jpg 1539w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/2025\/07\/12\/garden-dragonfly-broad-bodied-chaser\/\">Garden Dragonfly &#8211; Broad Bodied Chaser<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-07-12T21:09:53+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">July 12, 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">We only have a small garden, but I pack as much in as I can with regard plants for insects and some very small scale food production (tomatos, corgettes and raspberries). We have no pond. This afternoon we\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mgurney.co.uk\/MGWildlifePhotography\/2025\/07\/12\/garden-dragonfly-broad-bodied-chaser\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Garden Dragonfly &#8211; Broad Bodied Chaser<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a photographer. Isn&#8217;t everyone these days? On these pages you will, in the main, find photography of UK wildlife and landscapes that are accessible to all but often driven past or not noticed. 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