Tim writes: Kittlitz’s Murrelet is one of the least-known auk species on the planet being only found off Alaska and Eastern Siberia and is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN. This means there is an extremely high risk this species will become extinct in the wild. Numbers are declining at a startling rate throughout…
Category: THE PHOTOGRAPHS: by Tim Melling, Oscar Dewhurst, Paul Leyland, Guy Shorrock, Brian Leecey
Tim Melling – Agami Heron
Tim Melling: Agami Heron is one of the most beautiful and sought after species in the Neotropics. It is a rainforest species that feeds deeply shaded pools and streams so isn’t usually encountered in the wetlands where all the other herons and egrets occur. We spotted this one sitting quietly over a small woodland pool…
Tim Melling – Bottle-nosed Dolphins
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Tim writes: these Bottlenosed Dolphins were playing in the wake alongside our boat and stayed with us for several minutes. Their leaps out of the water become predictable giving chance to focus on the right part of the sea and click the shutter at just the right moment. This was taken on the Pacific coast…
Tim Melling – Clouded Yellow
Mark writes: Ralph Underhill is on holiday and I can’t draw, so here is a stunning image of a butterfly you might see at this time of year in southern England, in some years, on sunny Bank Holiday weekends. Tim writes: Clouded Yellow butterflies (Colias croceus) are a migrant from southern Europe and North Africa,…
Tim Melling – Pied Flycatcher
Tim writes: my sister moved to Snowdonia last year and invited me across to stay. I was surprised and delighted to find she had both Pied Flycatchers and Redstarts as garden birds. The Pied Flycatchers were particularly showy and there was lots of light too as the leaves had not yet opened to block the…
Oscar Dewhurst – Bearded Tit
Oscar writes: I have several photos of perched Bearded Tits, but none of them flying so when I noticed a pair making regular feeding flights to and from the same place, it gave me the chance to have a few attempts. Eventually I managed this one of the adult male with food in its beak….
Oscar Dewhurst – Nightjars
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Oscar writes: I know this isn’t a technically great photo, but I thought I’d post it here just for interest as you don’t see many photos of Nightjars! I spent several evenings up on the heaths watching these. For the first few minutes it was just about light enough to take photos, but still with…
Tim Melling – Humpback Whale
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Tim writes: catching a Humpback Whale lunge-feeding is a lot harder than it looks as you can’t usually predict when and where they will appear. But I was on a boat in the Johnstone Strait off the northeast coast of Vancouver Island where the water was clearly teeming with fish. Seabirds were in abundance…
Oscar Dewhurst – Great Spotted Woodpecker
Oscar writes: while sitting in the cafe at Minsmere I saw 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker chicks in the trees outside, by the feeders. I crept outside so as not to flush them, and was able to photograph this one perched low down on the trunk of an oak tree. Nikon D800, Nikon 400mm f/2.8 VR…
Tim Melling – Large Heath
Tim writes: the Large Heath is Britain’s most variable butterfly. So much so that when it was first discovered in Britain it was named as three different species. They are quite a rare northern butterfly inhabiting peat bogs where their caterpillars feed on Cotton-grasses. This was taken early morning at Winmarleigh Moss in Lancashire where…