HOWARD'S BIRDSPOT: May 2012

Saturday 19 May 2012

Grebe photo is BBC Springwatch photo of the day. 18.5.12.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/bbcspringwatch/discuss/72157629528869465/
BBc springwatch photo of the day. It also featured in flickr exploe. 1500 views on flickr in 24 hours.

swallow and Swift at far Ings. 18.5.12.

Thursday 17 May 2012

Great Crested Grebe at Far INgs Nature Reserve. 17.5.12.

Great Crested Grebe shots in the rain today. The pike in the bottom shot was fed to the Chick! The chick got the fish head first in it's mouth when the parent decided it was too large and ate the fish itself. No photo's though as I videoed the action. I will post that here later.

Wednesday 16 May 2012

More Marsh Harrier and Willow Tit. 16.5.12.

From the top 2 pictures of female Marsh Harrier and one of the male. Then we have a few more shots of the Willow Tits returning with caterpillars.

Monday 14 May 2012

Willow tits nest.

Willow Tit's nest filmed at a safe distance. I've been watching this pair now for about 3 weeks. Suspect they will be fledging soon.

Swifts at far Ings. 14.5.12.

Sunday 13 May 2012

Far Ings and the local wood. 13.5.12.

A few shots from today all taken today at Far Ings except the Willow Tit which is at a local wood. From the top Pheasant, Swift, Marh harrier (female), Willow Tit, Marsh Harrier with prey (Male) and Marsh Harrier (male) x2.

HOWARD'S BIRDSPOT

Hello and welcome to my blog. Firstly, I am not a professional photographer or a bird or wildlife expert. Most of what I have learned about photography and wildlife or birds is self taught from books or what I have learned from friends and wildlife photographers and birders. I owe a lot of my sucess to friends and photographers for their guidance. I am still learning and have many subjects I still want to photograph. I am very passionate about birding and bird photography. All of my subjects are wild birds or wildlife in the wild. I do not photograph captive birds or wildlife in a staged setting. It's just not my thing. I get no satisfaction from photographing captive sujects. That's not being disrespectful to those who do, I'm just not comfortable with it, and would rather go without pictures of rare subjects than take photos of captive ones. I do however respect the work of captive breeding programs and caring for injured birds and wildlfe. I belong to the local bird study group which records breeding birds on my local reserve. This has helped me to gain increased results in locating species to photograph from an increased knoledge of birdsong and bird behaviour. I have enjoyed increasing sucsess with my work in having work published in books and magazines including birdwatching magazine, in national newspapers and countless web features and articles. I was also the winner of the 2011 wildlifextra.com national photography competition "birds" category. leading to the publishing of the winning picture in the competitions book. The same picture is liscensced for sale by Getty Images through the Wildlfe and wetland trust, who featured my photo in a published article. My photo's have featured many times on flickr explore. I have also had pictures feature on the BBC springwatch red button site on television and have received the Springwatch photo of the day award. I've also had them used during the BBC and ITV weather forecasts and on the BBC Earth and BBC Nature websites. I also featured in a BBCTV look north feature shown on BBC 1 about my competition win and my love of photography on the Far Ings Nature Reserve. Thank you for visiting, and I hope you enjoy viewing my pictures. Please feel free to contact me with regard to using any of my images. I rarely refuse, but do like to know where my images are being used. I don't sell my images in print format due to the fact that I don't have the time at the moment as I am in full time employment. If you have any questions regarding my photography please contact me via email.

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