Wildlife Photography across the Water: RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend

I was wracking my brain about what I would write last night on my train commute home when thanks to twitter two separate but connected stories caught my eye that I thought I would share with you,

Firstly, this weekend coming is the annual RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch that I have taken part in for as long as I can remember.

As I read that it was once again upon us, I immediately thought based on this years garden activity that it will be very slim pickings this year in terms of numbers. As I have mentioned in a number of blogs, and as recently as last Friday, bird numbers are very low in our garden.

Looking back at the last couple of years, my count stats for 2011 and 2010 were quite decent.

I will be surprised if we make ten species this year, unless we suddenly get an arctic blast for the rest of the week.

My second separate but connected story I read about a couple of minutes after i saw the first one, and explains why garden bird counts are low. It is nice to have your thoughts and theories confirmed.

As usual, I will post up my results and let you know.

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.