Wildlife Photography across the Water: They are back......again!!!

Saturday, 1 May 2010

They are back......again!!!

Last year on May 6th I posted that the Swifts had arrrived back overhead my home in this blog.

Well they are back on May 1st this year. I was out looking round the garden this morning at the new growth and heard them overhead. Looking up there were two chasing and calling, with their dancing fighter aircraft like jinking flight - fabulous!! They are normally the arrivals I look forward to most each year. My challenge, as ever, is to get some decent in flight shots this year. I am hoping that with the 7D having a decent AF system I have got a much better chance than in previous years.

Right, this was an impromptu blog - better get back to the next phase of digging and clearing another part of the garden.

There is another blog scheduled from me a bit later today with some wildlfower images.

Martin

1 comment:

Julian11 May 2010 at 22:45
My youngest had a rugby tournament near Llanelli on BH Monday so went down west for the weekend. On the Sunday (2/5) stole a couple hours with the binoculars at the nearby WWT National Wetland Centre for Wales. Saw plenty but well rewarded with a pair of Swifts reeling overhead late afternoon, Red Kite, male Goshawk and Little Egret. Well pleased!
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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.