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News & Events: Latest News Dec 17
The Bird Fair at Rutland Water back in August was succesful and enjoyable as ever, meeting many old friends and making new ones. After the Bird Fair I went on to Sutton Bridge to stay with an old friend there in the west lighthouse.The Norfolk coast was next on the list, catching up with folk I hadn't seen for years. It's a shame Norfolk is so far from N Wales as I would then visit more often!
Since August I have been giving talks to Photographic and Natural History Societies, mainly on the theme of 'Filming Wildlife for TV'. Other talks I do are 'A Passion for Wildfowl' looking at wildfowl across the world from the Antarctic to the Arctic, their migrations, habits and conservation stories. I also do talks on my visits to the subantarctic and Antarctic continent with visits to the huts of Scott and Shackleton.
In early January 2018 I will be going south again from New Zealand to Commonwealth Bay on the Antarctic continent. We hope to get ashore to visit to Sir Douglas Mawson's base (1911). It is a notoriously difficult place to land due to ice conditions and ferocious winds,( it is known as the home of the blizzard) recent expeditions have failed to make a landing. let's hope we have the elements on our side this year!