Richard Bowes Photography

Richard Bowes Photography Wildlife, landscape and architecture photography. Up close and personal with wildlife is my dream. I hope you find something to enjoy in my albums.

I worked as a Countryside Ranger for 18 years building on a childhood spent mucking about in fields and on archaeological digs run by my Dad so the outdoors is engrained in my being. I've combined graft and craft to make myself a good wildlife observer so it made sense to introduce photography to that. From the early days of 'there's a fox in this picture' Voigtländer 35mm slide photos through var

ious incarnations to the full face otters taken with a 100-400 Canon lens, I've been taking pictures since I was 7 years old. If you factor in architecture and topography there's a very rewarding triumvirate of subjects to point the camera at. I'm starting to have some very modest success in competitions and a couple of my photos are now being sold as greetings cards, it's another enjoyable way of sharing the fruits of my labours with others.

Doesn’t look real does it? Speckled wood.
24/07/2025

Doesn’t look real does it? Speckled wood.

My muse this teatime has been the pretty little holly blue which has been drinking from the saturated moss at one of my...
08/07/2025

My muse this teatime has been the pretty little holly blue which has been drinking from the saturated moss at one of my ponds. I opted out of macro photography since the bed of nettles wasn't conducive!

Posting for the record and the name more than photographic merit. The hook-barred spearhorn, a species of hoverfly.
29/06/2025

Posting for the record and the name more than photographic merit. The hook-barred spearhorn, a species of hoverfly.

Today’s lavender lovelies are the meadow brown and the small white. I can’t remember as rich a butterfly summer in a lon...
29/06/2025

Today’s lavender lovelies are the meadow brown and the small white. I can’t remember as rich a butterfly summer in a long while.

The first appearance of two more favourites today, the commas are twirling up in amongst the trees in either courtship o...
26/06/2025

The first appearance of two more favourites today, the commas are twirling up in amongst the trees in either courtship or territorial dances and the fairly rare, in my patch, painted lady is here too after not being seen last year.

The weather conditions definitely suit the small tortoiseshell butterflies this year. Double figures of them in the gard...
26/06/2025

The weather conditions definitely suit the small tortoiseshell butterflies this year. Double figures of them in the garden yesterday and today with, at one point, eight of them sharing the small lavender.

More of a snapshot than a photo but nice to finally record one of the Ichneuman flies which frequent my garden. This is ...
26/06/2025

More of a snapshot than a photo but nice to finally record one of the Ichneuman flies which frequent my garden. This is the yellow striped Darwin fly, Ichneumon xanthorius, which, in common with most of the family, parasitises other insects to lay its eggs. This species targets butterflies and moths.

Two of my favourites. Five spot Burnet moth and the cinnabar moth. The Burnett in my meadow today and the cinnabar snapp...
25/06/2025

Two of my favourites. Five spot Burnet moth and the cinnabar moth. The Burnett in my meadow today and the cinnabar snapped at work a couple of weeks ago.

Visiting one of my favourite bridges, for yes I have such things, on a dreich Scottish day which suggested black and whi...
17/12/2024

Visiting one of my favourite bridges, for yes I have such things, on a dreich Scottish day which suggested black and white would be a far better option than colour.

I learned today that one of my favourite canine pals is no longer with us so had to seek him out in my photos. The incom...
06/11/2024

I learned today that one of my favourite canine pals is no longer with us so had to seek him out in my photos.

The incomparable Shuggie.

Pixie cup lichen on a stone in a horse paddock.
26/10/2024

Pixie cup lichen on a stone in a horse paddock.

Still seeking an in flight photo, at least there is some wing motion here. Common darter alighting.
11/08/2024

Still seeking an in flight photo, at least there is some wing motion here. Common darter alighting.

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