Wildlife Photography across the Water: Bird of Prey Breeding Successes

Thursday, 18 August 2011

Bird of Prey Breeding Successes - Some good news

While I recently reported on desperately bad news for the Hen Harrier in the UK here, it has been a different story for our fish eating raptors.

In Scotland, the release programme of White Tailed Eagles on the East Coast has been considered to be successful this year, with details reported here. Let's hope these survive those who won't be pleased to see them, and that they cross populate with the ever increasing numbers on the West Coast.

Meanwhile, away from Scotland, Ospreys have done well at Rutland, Wales for the first time in 400 years at Dyfi, that you may have sen on this years Springwatch and also in the Lake District.

Lets hope this years chicks survive the gauntlet of hazards on their first migration and we see them back in coming years.

It makes a pleasant change to share good news with you on our raptors from the usual desperate news I seem to find.

Just one other quickie - if you didn't see Heligan on BBC2 last night, make sure you look out for the repeats or iPlayer it - it was reported to be fabulous, so I will be checking it out later

Martin

1 comment:

Graham18 August 2011 at 22:29
Let's hope they avoid Malta on their flights south 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.