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| Shropshire photographer captures beauty of back garden wildlife | Shropshire photographer captures beauty of back garden wildlife |
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| Photographer Andrew Fusek Peters captured a goldfinch with rainbow-effect wings in his Shropshire garden | Photographer Andrew Fusek Peters captured a goldfinch with rainbow-effect wings in his Shropshire garden |
| A photographer has spent a decade carrying out "garden safaris" in order to capture the diversity and beauty of Britain's back garden wildlife. | A photographer has spent a decade carrying out "garden safaris" in order to capture the diversity and beauty of Britain's back garden wildlife. |
| The images, including battling birds and squabbling squirrels, showed just what could be found "under our noses", said Andrew Fusek Peters. | The images, including battling birds and squabbling squirrels, showed just what could be found "under our noses", said Andrew Fusek Peters. |
| "I wanted to celebrate the everyday stories and reveal the beauty of our birds, mammals and insects that live alongside us," the Shropshire photographer added. | "I wanted to celebrate the everyday stories and reveal the beauty of our birds, mammals and insects that live alongside us," the Shropshire photographer added. |
| Hundreds of his images feature in a new book. | Hundreds of his images feature in a new book. |
| Two red squirrels were captured fighting in a back garden on the Isle of Wight | Two red squirrels were captured fighting in a back garden on the Isle of Wight |
| The majority of the photographs were taken in his "modest" garden, and local village of Lydbury. | The majority of the photographs were taken in his "modest" garden, and local village of Lydbury. |
| "You don't have to travel to nature reserves or mountains," he said. | "You don't have to travel to nature reserves or mountains," he said. |
| "I sometimes get snobbery from the big photographers who go to Africa and do the lions and tigers, or Greenland for the Polar bears," he explained. | "I sometimes get snobbery from the big photographers who go to Africa and do the lions and tigers, or Greenland for the Polar bears," he explained. |
| "And they think I'm somehow inferior because I do blue tits in the garden." | "And they think I'm somehow inferior because I do blue tits in the garden." |
| The photographer set up a hide on a domestic lawn to capture this rare image of a mother hare suckling her leveret | |
| But, he added, capturing rare images such as a hare feeding her leveret on someone's back lawn was "just amazing". | But, he added, capturing rare images such as a hare feeding her leveret on someone's back lawn was "just amazing". |
| "At the time I took it, that had been photographed maybe less than 10 times in the world," he said. | "At the time I took it, that had been photographed maybe less than 10 times in the world," he said. |
| "It was sheer gold on my memory card." | "It was sheer gold on my memory card." |
| He had also travelled to other parts of the UK in order to capture other "extraordinary moments," including a fox family playing in Clapham, south London, and a pair of red squirrels on the Isle of Wight. | He had also travelled to other parts of the UK in order to capture other "extraordinary moments," including a fox family playing in Clapham, south London, and a pair of red squirrels on the Isle of Wight. |
| This pair of brightly coloured bramblings fighting over food was one of the photographer's favourite shots | This pair of brightly coloured bramblings fighting over food was one of the photographer's favourite shots |
| Mr Fusek Peters started concentrating on his own garden wildlife after a diagnosis of bowel cancer in 2018, perfecting a technique to "make time stop" to get shots of birds and butterflies taking off and in mid flight. | Mr Fusek Peters started concentrating on his own garden wildlife after a diagnosis of bowel cancer in 2018, perfecting a technique to "make time stop" to get shots of birds and butterflies taking off and in mid flight. |
| Using his kitchen as a hide, he has also taken rare pictures of birds - showing the effect of diffraction on their wings, giving a rainbow effect. | Using his kitchen as a hide, he has also taken rare pictures of birds - showing the effect of diffraction on their wings, giving a rainbow effect. |
| "This winter I got a woodpecker and a nuthatch" he said, adding the images were "extraordinary". | "This winter I got a woodpecker and a nuthatch" he said, adding the images were "extraordinary". |
| "Everyone's going to accuse me of using AI, but it's not - it's actually scientific." | "Everyone's going to accuse me of using AI, but it's not - it's actually scientific." |
| He added he was "one of the few in the world" to have taken such images. | He added he was "one of the few in the world" to have taken such images. |
| "I just seem to have this blessed luck when I concentrate on what's out of the kitchen window." | "I just seem to have this blessed luck when I concentrate on what's out of the kitchen window." |
| This image of a nuthatch is among the collection | This image of a nuthatch is among the collection |
| The book was also a "rallying cry" to transform "over-manicured spaces into more wildlife friendly havens," he said. | The book was also a "rallying cry" to transform "over-manicured spaces into more wildlife friendly havens," he said. |
| "These places are important, I think they really are," he added. | "These places are important, I think they really are," he added. |
| "As we know with climate change and with what's happening with habitat a lot of species are really suffering, and that includes our garden visitors so it's important to showcase them. | "As we know with climate change and with what's happening with habitat a lot of species are really suffering, and that includes our garden visitors so it's important to showcase them. |
| "They are just as important as all the wonderful creatures of the jungle and the desert," he added. | "They are just as important as all the wonderful creatures of the jungle and the desert," he added. |
| A fox family plays in Clapham, South London | A fox family plays in Clapham, South London |
| This image of a ruby tailed wasp is included in the book | This image of a ruby tailed wasp is included in the book |
| Springwatch presenter Iolo Williams said of the book, Garden Safari: "Andrew makes the ordinary look extraordinary – stunning photography which helps to emphasise the importance of our gardens for wildlife." | Springwatch presenter Iolo Williams said of the book, Garden Safari: "Andrew makes the ordinary look extraordinary – stunning photography which helps to emphasise the importance of our gardens for wildlife." |
| "I think this is the best compliment I've ever had," the photographer commented. | "I think this is the best compliment I've ever had," the photographer commented. |
| A male pied flycatcher is captured bringing food to the nest | A male pied flycatcher is captured bringing food to the nest |
| The photographer said it took six days to capture this image of a bank vole in his back garden | The photographer said it took six days to capture this image of a bank vole in his back garden |
| Garden Safari is published by Graffeg Books | Garden Safari is published by Graffeg Books |
| Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. | Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. |
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