Wildlife Photography across the Water: Look out for

Sunday 29 August 2010

Look out for - new flocks and roosts

With most of this years young birds all fledged now, it is time to watch out for lots of new flocks of birds together. As young birds and their parents leave their nesting sites and territories, you will see lots of them coming together for their collective protection and feeding.

I have been seeing a regular large flock of mixed Tits come through the garden most days. Comprising of a mix of between 50 to 100 adult and juvenile birds of Blue, Great, Coal and Long Tailed, this is not something I have noticed in previous summers in my garden.

Out in the countryside watch out for the same but with large communities of Rooks, Jackdaws and Starlings, and in particular during the evenings for Pied Wagtails. This was the time of year at my old place of work when up to 100 of these delightful little birds would get together and can often be found in supermarket car parks. At Morrisons in Stratford, they are regular roosters.

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.