Monday 25 January 2016

Spider-Monkey




























I've been meaning to post these pictures for awhile now but somehow I never got round to them.  These pictures where taken at the Yorkshire Wildlife Park and we were lucky as just as we arrived at the enclosure the keepers opened up their enclosure to let the Spider Monkeys out.

As you can imagine, they are agile creatures and seemed quite at home with people being on their territory.  I was quite surprised how close they would come to the public as they explored their surroundings and sped across their runs above our heads.




















































Saturday 2 January 2016

Skying


First post of a new year and earlier this week I heard the telltale thump of a twin-rotored Chinook helicopter passing over the house.  I didn't really think anything of it until I saw on the nine o clock news a Chinook that was shoring up a breached flood defence in the north west of England and it got me wondering if this was the same aircraft that I had photographed earlier in the day.

I've taken the odd picture of military helicopters passing over in recent months but I've never really had enough shots to make a post.  The Chinook pictures are below combined with some gunships (I'm guessing Apaches) that I've spotted in recent months.