Wildlife Photography across the Water: garden flora

Monday, 19 March 2012

Quick Garden Update

Bird life has been picking up and as mentioned on Saturday, the first of the Chiff Chaffs have been through the garden with another three of them yesterday. Great to see and great to hear.

In the garden, the Marsh Marigolds are now out in the pond, and the first of my Snakes Head Frittillaries are popping their heads up where I planted them last Autumn. I planted 20 bulbs and have about 15 showing so far.

Some are quite advanced and I grabbed these couple of shots with the little Panasonic P & S lst Thursday as a record shots.

I am looking forward to getting some decent shots with the 5D and 180 macro when they are in full show.

Martin

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

Garden Flora

So this year my wildlife garden enters its third growing season and it will be exciting to see what flowers will come up this year.

Already we have Speedwell, Bluebells, White Clover, Purple Deadknettle, Cuckoo Pint, Cowslip, Common Vetch and Common Tare. Most of the hedgerow plants survived the bitter winter although some of the tops have died out and have been cut back.

I have reseeded round the ~~hide~~ oops I mean pergola/love seat and that is starting to show life know. Just need it to hurry up and get walkable so I can start shooting the birds in the reflection pool.

The Marsh Marigold has flowered beautifully and now going over, and early signs of Foxglove, Teasel and Campion are now appearing.

Last year in June, I did buy a native Orchid, a Common Spotted which I blogged about here,

I have been wondering whether it was going to make it back this year and when I got home from work on Monday evening I saw this.

So I am thrilled that is back and look forward to seeing it in all its beauty in a few weeks time.

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.