Gez Robinson’s Bramble Mice Interviewed by Sylva Fae The Mouse Family That Live By The Brambles Gez Robinson is a talented wildlife photographer from Yorkshire, England. For months I’ve been following the antics of his family of mice on Facebook, that live in an area of the garden dedicated to wildlife. The photos are stunning and show what characters wild mice are. Gez has kindly given Mom’s Favorite Reads permission to share some of his photos, and he explained how his bramble mice have become famous.
I entered a few photography competitions and was lucky to win a National Geographic Traveller Wildlife competition with an unusual image of a mute swan. I go out most days with my camera, normally to the Peak District – I think photography and nature is good for your mental health, even more so during this pandemic.
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Why did you start photographing the mice in your garden? In 2020, during the first lockdown when we couldn’t go out, I still needed my photography fix. I started to go up the garden we created for wildlife, to photograph the birds on the feeders, and that’s when I spotted a little mouse on the old decking. It was stood looking at a blackberry on the blackberry bush and just stood there whilst I took photos of it. My passion with the mouse family was born.
Tell me a bit about your background. I have been taking photos for many years. I worked part time as a wedding photographer, helping out a friend for a number of years but my main job has always been as a maintenance engineer – something I still do to this day. About 15 years ago I started taking wildlife photos. Wildlife has always been a passion of mine and I volunteer for Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust, helping with the various projects and surveys they do each year. -8-
