Wildlife Photography across the Water: Briefest of Quickies

Saturday, 11 February 2012

Briefest of Quickies

OK, I am really strapped for time today so I will have to make it a super quickie, but a blog nevertheless.

A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned a great days birding here. Well today's experience was much the same, except that it didn't involve getting in the car and driving out.

Firstly, the cold weather has been reaping benefits with incoming wildlife into the garden, and being the weekend meant I got to see it in daylight.

With Pied Wagtail for the first time in ages, I was also really thrilled to see the first male Brambling visit our feeders for a good long time. How fabulous it looked feasting up on seeds.

A quick walk in to town for some food shopping for tonight's dinner party (which is why this blog is a massive rush) it felt kind of ironic having bought four duck breasts from our butcher to enjoy seeing huge numbers of Tufted Duck on the River Avon. With the extremely low temperatures, the ducks have moved in from static water courses such as the larger lakes and ponds around to ice free water.

Back home, as I was sorting out bits for tonight, Jac gave me a shout to look in the garden at five Reed Buntings that were taken seeds from some of the ground food I had put down. What another delight. I have seen occasional lone males at this time of year, but never so many at one time.

With lots of other activity from Greenfinch, Chaffinch, various different Tits and Goldcrest, it was a great days birding from the warmth of my house. Update: Also had a lovely female Redpoll on the nyger seeds as well

Anyway, I have grabbed a few shots, which I will process and put up in the next blog.

Also I haven't forgotten the last Wildlife Garden post either David Schenck - will probably write that up tomorrow for posting later in the week.

Enjoy your weekend.

I am off to eat Duck!!

Martin

Update: Well a quick apology for the shocking number of typos and to David for getting his name wrong, again. I have been back and proof read and hopefully put (most) things right now.

2 comments:

Anonymous11 February 2012 at 19:45
No problem Martin ( my name changes each time!) I shall look forward to it and again thanks for taking the time to write it.

I actually managed to get out and take some photos today having been ill for two weeks. Three hours in freezing temperatures but with so many layers (good old Paramo) I was actually warm. As well as seeing and photographing wildlife, it is enjoyable being able to chat to other like minded people, as was the case today in Essex.

David Schenck
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WPATW12 February 2012 at 14:18
Apologies David - see the update in main body of blog. Pleased to hear you are enjoying your wildlife down there in Essex

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.