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Ben Porter Wildlife Photography: March 2015

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Saturday, 28 March 2015. Tuesday, 24 March 2015. Well, its been a great few days on the island for birds and photography. This has largely been helped by the settled conditions and great lighting, making it pleasant to be out when no help is needed with the lambing that is currently underway. The weather has taken a chilly, breezy and somewhat damper turn today, but we can't complain after the last few weeks of great conditions. The first Blackcap. Have all been on the move. Monday, 23 March 2015. The ba...

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Ben Porter Wildlife Photography: December 2013

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Thursday, 12 December 2013. Kenya October/November 2013- volunteering at Mwamba Field Study Centre. And check out more of their work here. You could also 'Like' their Facebook page here. The entrance to A Rocha Kenya. A wealth of ecologically-diverse and important habitats in the surrounding area places Mwamba at an ideal location from which to see a fantastic variety of birdlife. I will attempt to outline the main birding areas in the following paragraphs, but here is an overview of the area:. Initially...

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Ben Porter Wildlife Photography: August 2015

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Monday, 31 August 2015. Full Moon tides and Turnstones. Some of the totals for this week's wader counts have been quite impressive: yesterday we saw 72 Turnstones. Which is the highest count for several years. Other high counts have included eight Ringed Plovers. 30th), 81 Knots. 28th), five Purple Sandpipers. 27th), 13 Dunlins. 30th), 10 Whimbrels. 27th), 38 Curlews. 28th), eight Redshanks. 30th) and a Common Sandpiper. This panoramic shows Bardsey mountain, and Solfach in the foreground. This post focu...

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Ben Porter Wildlife Photography: The season for insects...

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Monday, 10 August 2015. The season for insects. As flowers such as Hardheads, Thistles, Borage and Bramble come into bloom, a great variety of different insects can be found here too. Butterflies, wasps, bees, hoverflies and much more visit these nectar-rich flowers, providing a great place to observe these cool creatures. Again, I have included a couple of shots of my favourites below, but many more have been giving me a good challenge for IDing. Six-spot Burnets are having a bit of a poor year on the i...

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Ben Porter Wildlife Photography: April 2015

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Sunday, 26 April 2015. Although the species is handsome enough as it is, they undergo a pretty phenomenal migration, being said to be the largest of any passerine. For now I shall outline the migration of the Greenland-race Wheatear, as it is far more impressive than our British birds. Oenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa. As the Greenland Wheatear is Scientifically named, breeds in the Arctic tundra. In Africa, depending on where they breed in the tundra:. Arriving in Western and Central Africa in about November...

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Ben Porter Wildlife Photography: June 2015

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Tuesday, 23 June 2015. Ecuador 2015 - short film. I hope you enjoy it! Thursday, 18 June 2015. CRETZSCHMAR'S BUNTING - an update. It has been another busy couple of days on Bardsey.the Cretzschmar's Bunting. James Lowen's visit to the island: Click here. Mark Golley's RBA weekly round-up: Click here. Alan Davies and Ruth Millers' trip blog: Click here. A selection of images taken yesterday evening, when the bird showed really well:. Wednesday, 17 June 2015. Thrift and Lepidoptera - recent sightings.

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Ben Porter Wildlife Photography: Bardsey's underwater world

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Thursday, 13 August 2015. I have had some great Grey Seal encounters this year- the above image shows one of the tamer ones swimming right up to me and even playing with my fins. Swimming through a Kelp 'tunnel'. The view over towards Bardsey mountain. What I think to be a Violet Stinger jellyfish. A bit of landscape shot from the East Side. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Create with flickr badge. Visit my Facebook page. Links to the island. Bardsey Bird Obs on Facebook. New Moon moth trapping.

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Ben Porter Wildlife Photography: New Moon moth trapping

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Sunday, 16 August 2015. New Moon moth trapping. Yesterday was one of the busiest days for trapping, with just under 400 moths in the withies trap and about 250 in the Nant trap. Some of the highlights in the last few days have included the first Square-spot Darts. Of the year (Nationally scarce), Ruby Tiger. In terms of micro moths, there have been some relatively exciting finds, including the following: Orthotelia sparganella. 2nd Bardsey record), Argyresthia bonnetella. Some notes from the 14th. Apolog...

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Ben Porter Wildlife Photography: January 2015

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Tuesday, 27 January 2015. Ecuador- an update on travels. I recently spent three days travelling to some local birding sites around the foothills of the Andes with a great guide called Nelson. We used a mixture of public transport and hitch-hiking to get to three main birding sites, mainly that of Milpe, Rio Silanche and Mashpi. These three areas are of differing habitats and elevations, which allowed us to see over 200 species during the three days. Near-endemic species like Choco Toucan. And lots of Whi...

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Ben Porter Wildlife Photography: Videos

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Here is a selection of videos which I have filmed over the last year or two - from all over the world! They are not of an amazing quality, but if you turn up the quality setting then they will be much nicer to watch. I hope to add quite a few more to this page in the coming months. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Create with flickr badge. Feel free to take a look at my new website, which includes some of my favourite images taken on Bardsey Island. Visit my Facebook page. Links to the island. Blog Josie Hewi...