Wildlife Photography across the Water: Late Friday Quickie

Friday, 6 May 2011

Late Friday Quickie

Back earlier this year, I had the pleasure of photographing Bewick Swans that were overwintering at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire. Reading through Wildlife Extra today, I note with sadness that significant numbers of these birds are being shot at. The full story can be found here and is worth a read. It still beggars belief that people could shoot such majestic animals as these. Given that these are the survivors, it makes you wonder how many do not survive their ordeal.

Meanwhile, with the long run of dry weather that we have been having in the UK, forest and other wildfires have been breaking out from either natural or arsonist causes and are found to be having a bad effect on the twite population. Again great sadness for this lovely little bird.

Meanwhile back in Europe, this story about a Pallid Harrier, one of the rarest European birds that was shot in Malta has gone to Germany for rehabilitation. Just how such a community within the EU remains able to get away with this persistent and ongoing shooting of anything that flies over its territory remains a sad indictment on that place.

Back next time with some more images from Minsmere

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.