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Tim Spawls

@timspawls

Amature photographer, zoologist, traveller and scuba diver. All pictures are my own :)

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Tim Spawls
@timspawls Jun 3, 2021, 8:31 PM UTC

Summer arrives in Norfolk

Forgive me folks. Its been a long old time since I last made a blog post. Back then this was steemit and I see many dramas have occurred in my absence. Norfolk has had a pretty cold and miserable spr…

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Tim Spawls
@timspawls Mar 19, 2019, 11:48 AM UTC

In search of a Dugong in the Red Sea.

I recently got back to the UK from a great trip to Marsa Alam on Egypt's South Eastern Red sea coast. What took me to this part of the world are the pristine coral reefs and great diversity of marine…

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Tim Spawls
@timspawls Oct 9, 2018, 5:28 PM UTC

A story or two about Baboons.

We came across this troop of Yellow baboons on our last day in Tsavo West. This Mother and her young baby where casually chilling on one of the park road signs and I was struck by how beautiful they…

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Tim Spawls
@timspawls Jun 26, 2018, 9:31 PM UTC

Butterfly hunting. A visit to the silver-studded blue colony at Buxton Heath.

Around eight years ago I did some of my university research project at Buxton heath just north of Norwich in the UK. At the time I recall seeing beautiful blue butterflies there but I didn’t have a g…

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Tim Spawls
@timspawls Jun 19, 2018, 11:14 AM UTC

Birding in Kenya. Bee-eaters, Barbets, Kingfishers and Rollers!

Another selection of bright and beautiful birds from my recent trip to Kenya. As I have mentioned before, Kenya is one of the best birding destinations in the world with 1100 bird species recorded wi…

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Tim Spawls
@timspawls Jun 7, 2018, 9:24 PM UTC

My entry for the 7 DAYS STEEMIT MACRO-PHOTOGRAPHY CHALLENGE by @flamingirl

Thanks to @flamingirl for starting this challenge. There have been some epic Images submited and I'm very happy to see that steemit is acumulating a wealth of talented photographers! Im a bit late of…

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Tim Spawls
@timspawls Jun 2, 2018, 10:46 PM UTC

Antelope sightings in Kenya!

Amongst the game parks of east Africa antelope always seem to be ever present companions. They are one of those families of mammals that seem to have exploited just about every available habitat avai…

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Tim Spawls
@timspawls May 28, 2018, 11:47 PM UTC

Butterfly hunting at Foulden common

Today I though I would venture a little further afield to get my nature fix so I decided I would go and hunt down some rare butterflies. I had come across some pictures online the other day of dingy…

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Tim Spawls
@timspawls May 23, 2018, 4:14 PM UTC

Kenyan Mantids

Mantises are one of the fascinating groups of insects I'm always on the look out for in the tropics. They are superb little hunters who are nearly all specialist ambush predators although some have b…

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Tim Spawls
@timspawls May 13, 2018, 5:49 PM UTC

Being back amongst elephants!

Elephants are one of my favourite animals on this planet. My first memory as a child is of watching elephants in Zimbabwe and throughout my life I have felt a deep connection to these beautiful and g…

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