Wildlife Photography across the Water: Moths from the Garden

Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Moths from the Garden

I put the moth trap out again on Saturday night/Sunday morning, set it on the timer, left and went down about 8 am after I woke up. I did set the alarm, but after a great gig here in Stratford on Saturday night, with a good few Guinnesses, my bed seemed like the better option.

Unlike the two previous times, I didn't cover the trap as the light came up, and retained good numbers in the trap.

Here are a few of the highlights from that session.

Grey Dagger on Hazel stem

Pale Prominent

Silver Y

Finally, and fittingly for a moth image taken on the 1st of August - the August Thorn

August is often a great month for moths, so I will look to get the trap out a few times, whenever I can and bring you any new species that we get.

Martin

1 comment:

Rambo Rich3 August 2010 at 13:19
What was the gig?
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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.