Scanning slides

I have been scanning some more slides into the computer; it's a slow process. They were taken during the period 1963 to 1984. After that I moved onto print film and then, more recently digital photography.

The box I was looking for in the loft was my photos of The Wirral but when I opened it the contents were mammals. Oops. Another example of lazy boxing up of slides after a slide show years ago. Still, I thought I'd share some of them.






This Red Fox was a wild one which I came across a few times while I was a voluntary Warden at Ainsdale Nature Reserve. He gradually got less and less shy. One day, not long after the above photos were taken he got really close as I was eating my lunchtime sandwiches. I didn't want to scare him off so I didn't reach for my camera and just watched him out of the corenr of my eye. The cheeky thing pinched my plastic lunch box! He ran off and then dropped it, eating the contents. Forever after I was delighted to be able to show people his teeth marks on the edge of the box! Well worth missing part of my lunch for.


This Hare was at Altcar - a couple of miles from where I lived in the late 70s'. At the time Altcar was best known for the Waterloo Cup, a hare coursing competition which is now, I'm glad to say, illegal.


The Hedgehog was a garden visitor in Formby and the Red Squirrel feeding from my hand was in Formby Pinewoods.


All the above mentioned places are on the Sefton coast of Lancashire in the UK.

Not easy to photograph...

The following all qualify as British mammals but regrettably getting a photo of them in the wild is unlikely since they became extinct in this country some time ago. (Wild Boar and Reindeer have been successfully re-introduced and groups are seeking permission to re-introduce Wolf and European Beaver.)
Spotted Hyena – c32,200 BC
Bison – c25,650 BC
Woolly Rhinoceros – c22,350 BC
Wolverine – c20,160 BC
Woolly Mammoth – c10,800 BC
Arctic Fox – c10,000 BC
Giant Irish Elk – c8,960 BC
Reindeer – c6,000 BC – subsequently re-introduced
Aurochs – c1,000 BC
Brown Bear – disputed departure dates ranging from 1st to 8th Centuries AD
Lynx – 180 AD
Wild Boar – 13th Century but re-introduced a few times since
European Beaver – allegedly c1300 but may be earlier by a few hundred years
Wolf – c1690 AD
St Kilda House Mouse - c1930

The Reindeer and Wild Boar are the only two now roaming wild in this country and as the Reindeer herds are fed only the Wild Boar can be said to have truly re-established itself. They have even set up their own website!!!
http://www.britishwildboar.org.uk/