Christopher Stares says he has “always had an interest in photography and the wildlife around us. I moved to Exmoor from Hampshire in 2004 and feel very fortunate to have all the beauty and expanse of Exmoor on my doorstep.” How does he relate to ‘wildlife’ and ‘beauty’? “My main interest is country sports, primarily following local packs whenever possible. I look forward to the start of the hunting season, when access to the open countryside is at its best and meeting people who are as passionate about hunting and their horses as I am!” He takes photos of the notorious Blackford and Sparkmore Vale Hunt, the Dulverton West, the Minehead Harriers, and the West Somerset Hunt. His website is a good source of meet venues which we will be exploring with interest…
Chris Stares Photography (Somerset)
Links to more information
- Protect the Wild: Two members of notorious BSV Hunt plead guilty to obstructing sabs (March 2025)
- Protect the Wild: BSV hunt filmed trying to wrestle spade from roadworks crew (March 2025)
- Protect the Wild: Police ‘investigating’ more illegal hunting by Dorset’s notorious BSV hunt (February 2025)
- Protect the Wild: Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt ends 2024 with four days of carnage (January 2025)
- Protect the Wild: Blackmore and Sparkford Vale hounds tear up fox in residential garden (November 2024)
- North Dorset Hunt Sabs: 𝐁𝐒𝐕 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐭. 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐛 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 (Facebook, October 2024)
- Protect the Wild: Men from Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt charged with illegal hunting (June 2024)
- Protect the Wild: Blackmore and Sparkford Vale hunter guilty of ABH (April 2024)
- Horse and Hound Forum: Yet again the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt bringing hunting into disrepute (March 2019)
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