Wildlife Photography across the Water: A First for me in Warwickshire tonight

Friday 23 April 2010

A First for me in Warwickshire tonight

On Sunday, I will be pounding the local lanes in the Shakespeare Half Marathon as part of the Shakespeare Birthday weekend celebrations here in Stratford upon Avon. I have done all the training that I have been able to complete but tonight I wanted to just give my legs a stretch and spin around so I rode the route that I will take on Sunday on my bike. Parts of the route I was not familiar with so I thought I would kill two birds with one stone as it were.

There were lots of birds out - Green and Geat Spotted Woodpeckers, Kestrels, Buzzards, finches, corvids and various warblers. It was on the last part of the run back towards Stratford that I saw a Wheatear. Now I am used to seeing dozens of these when I go to Scotland, but have never seen one in Warwickshire - so a county first for me.

We also had the male Bulfinch back in the garden this evening which was a pleasant sight - sadly it went before I could get the camera.

My final thoughts for you tonight are about the Dawn Chorus. With a good number of migrants now here and still arriving, these next few weekends will be the time to set your clocks for 'Stupid a.m.' and get out there and listen and see the wonderful spectacle of the Spring, or at least if you are one of our Northern Hemisphere readers anyway.

I will be planning to do this over the next two weekends.

Martin

1 comment:

robbieb23 April 2010 at 20:32
Great stuff Martin, good luck on Sunday. I got my first Wheatear picture of the year yesterday.

Robbie
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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.