Wildlife Photography across the Water: Big Butterfly Count

Saturday 30 October 2010

Big Butterfly Count - update

Back in August I posted my results from the Big Butterfly Count. Well if you had reported your results you would have received an email back from the Butterfly Conservation people with the results of that count.

Looks like the Gatekeeper has come out tops across much of the UK. This link will give the top ten species across the English regions so you can check out your areas in you are UK based.For the West Midlands, that pretty much mirrors my findings, although I was glad to get the Holly Blues when I did my count.

If you want to read more about the count, you can see the details here.

Don't forget to put your clocks back tonight if you are UK based - an extra hour in bed for you tonight.

Martin

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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.