Wildlife Photography across the Water: News

Friday, 8 January 2010

News - a few interesting stories

While looking through the online Times this week, it was interesting to see these stories of interest to wildlife lovers.

I talked about reintroduction programmes last year. This story about White Tailed Sea Eagles reinforces that with some thought proking views.

Skomer is a great place off the West Wales coast to photograph Puffns and other sea bird. If you are looking for a new job, this could be right up your street.

Following on from my post last year about the death of birds due to wind turbine strikes, scientific research is now showing that the noise effects are having damaging effects to the local breeding bird populations. Once again these so called inefficient 'green' devices are more problematical than the benefits they provide.

Martin

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Bio's

David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.