Wildlife Photography across the Water: Time to listen out for.........Woodpeckers

Saturday, 6 March 2010

Time to listen out for.........Woodpeckers

The harsher winter in the UK has pushed everything back this year by some order. I normally start to hear Woodpeckers drmming in February.

Well we went out for a couple of hours walk this morning around our local patch. Still chilly but spring is definiteley trying to get through.

Highlights of the walk were Jay (very few around this part of the world), 100 or so each of Redwings and Fieldfare, good numbers of Reed Bunting and Yellowhammer and the best treat of all was about 20 Tree Sparrows.

Tree Sparrows as a species are now quite rarely seen and this was the first time I have seen them in Warwickshire.

We heard two separate Green Woodpeckers, saw three Great Spotted and heard two more separate birds drumming.

Then when I got home there was a Treecreeper in the garden, another garden first for me.

Martin

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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.