Wildlife Photography across the Water: Weather....again

Sunday, 22 January 2012

Weather....again

Following on from my last post on the unusual weather this year, and its effect on wildlife, I came across this story at Wildlife extra which is a great summary on the weather and wildlife last year.

It is worth taking out a couple of minutes to have a read - and well reflects so of my experiences that I found last year.

The cameras have remained in hibernation this weekend for me. With a 6yd builders skip having been delivered on Friday, I have had a busy time clearing out loads of builders rubble and scrap materials for a complete loft rebuild in my home. My 'den' for music and television is this years project and it is now time to get rebuilding. It should give me a wonderful view over the wildlife garden, and with a bit of luck, I can have a high level feeding platform to watch the birds at very close quarters.

So having knackered myself filling the skip, I could have gone to the site where I took these images this afternoon, but it is blowing a hoolie and the light is awful, so time to rest my aching back.

It is nice to see that it is getting lighter in the evenings again, and we are starting to emerge from the dark gloomy days from the depths of December, and we can start looking forward to brighter days as Spring looms around the corner.

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.