Blasts From The Past

This page has been added to display my old slides and negatives that I unearthed from a dark corner of my parents loft. 

They are not the easiest of things to convert to a digital format, so the resultant photos vary greatly in quality.

But, hopefully some of these "Blasts from the past" might bring back a few happy memories.

Glaucous Gull at The Hardway,
Gosport, Hants November 1985

Heath Lobelia at Hinton Admiral, Hants August 1986

Nutcracker at Westleton, Suffolk
November 1985

Sora Rail at Pagham Lagoon, West Sussex November 1985

Parula Warbler on the Isles Of Scilly
October 1985

Lesser Golden Plover on the Isles of Scilly October 1985

Cirl Bunting at Prawle Point, Devon April 1986

Cuckoo at Pagham Harbour, West Sussex August 1985

Man Orchid at Exton, Hants
June 1986

Pied Kingfisher in The Gambia
December 1986

Purple Sandpiper at Southsea, Hants
February 1986

The chalk board at Longstones on Isles of Scilly 13th October 1985
Before pagers & mobile phones this was the only way to get news on the 17 BB rarities to be found that day!
Photo courtesy of John Norton

Dark-eyed Junco twitch at Weston (Portland), Dorset December 1989
The only face I know in this crowd is Dominic Mitchell (Editor of "Birdwatch" magazine)

Gyr Falcon twitch at Berry Head,
Devon April 1986
You just have to believe me, that in the original slide, the falcon is an
obvious large white blob half way down the quarry about 2 o'clock from the guy's lapel

Dotterel on Isles of Scilly
October 1987

Lesser Grey Shrike twitch at
Aberdaron, Wales November 1986

Ptarmigan at Cain Gorm, Scotland
August 1987

Yellowhammer at Prawle Point, Devon
April 1986

Bonaparte's Gull twitch at
Rhymney River (Cardiff) April 1986

Blood-drop Monkey Flower at Cain Gorm, Scotland August 1987