Plans for 2006

[fishboy]

Does anyone have any plans for subjects they'd like to photograph this year?

Mine are:

Puffins on Skomer again - try to get some good shots this time.
Harbour Porpoise - on the surface
Adders and Grass Snakes - tried last year with limited success
Cod, dover sole and skate - all underwater
Mitten crabs - which are eating away at the Thames seabed apparently

What's everyone else planning?

[Mark43]

Once i have talked the wife into letting me get a proper camera then i will make my plans.

[carlj]

Puffins in June at Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire for me - and countless other species!

[digi]

Originally Posted by fishboy

Does anyone have any plans for subjects they'd like to photograph this year?

Mine are:

Puffins on Skomer again - try to get some good shots this time.
Harbour Porpoise - on the surface
Adders and Grass Snakes - tried last year with limited success
Cod, dover sole and skate - all underwater
Mitten crabs - which are eating away at the Thames seabed apparently

What's everyone else planning?

Fishboy can you pm me about your gallery uploads please?

Digi

[Alan Hyde]

Every year I photograph our 6 reptiles , i'll surely be doing the same again. I'd also like to photograph our alien species the green Lizard and the wall lizards.

In June we're off to Turkey so i'll be photographing Agama lizards, Whip snakes and hopefully the Ottoman Viper and nose horned Viper. There will be Green Treefrogs and maybe some terrapins too , not forgeting the bird species.

Back in UK i'd like to capture Fox, Deer, buzzards , tawny owls and barn owls.

Then... And please do not think, "eeeew listen to him" as we've saved hard for this and I gave up smoking to raise funds for a holiday in Tobago! . There I will Photograph Amieva Ground Lizards , Geckos, Green Iguana , Caiman and A variety of snakes including Boa Constrictors.
The Bird life is stunning too including , Mot mots, Bananaquits, Grackles, Parrots, pelican , osprey, tanagers, and hummers

I'm really excited about this year , the camera's going to take a beating for sure.
Alan

[Fourwings]

I'm just going to concentrate on getting a good image of every native species of Dragonfly and Damselfly, have already got 21 of them so only another 23 to go

[HelenF]

I would like to get decent photos of a dipper (have only got blurry ones!), lapwing, curlew, golden plover, grey partridge and red and black grouse.

Helen

[Grantus]

Originally Posted by fishboy

Does anyone have any plans for subjects they'd like to photograph this year?

Mine are:

Puffins on Skomer again - try to get some good shots this time.
Harbour Porpoise - on the surface
Adders and Grass Snakes - tried last year with limited success
Cod, dover sole and skate - all underwater
Mitten crabs - which are eating away at the Thames seabed apparently

What's everyone else planning?

Can you send some puffins over to me please. My plan for this year is to get some shots of puffins on Lundy.

[John]

I have no plans for any particular species but I am hoping to get better shots of birds I already have photos of, plus any new one's that come along.

John

[Gill Catton]

To get lost and a bit scared of nothing in my local woods again........
to photograph the things most people don't notice........

[Gill Catton]

Oh and I'm hopefully going to Madagascar so will try not to fill too many memory cards!

[Tragus]

Hi fishboy Welcome to WAB

Hopefully this year I will finally manage to get a decent photo of the Fallow and Roe deer in the forest where I live.
Also hoping to get some shots of White Tailed and Golden Eagles up on Mull very soon!!!!!!!
Oh and I would love to get a photo of Otters hopefully also on Mull

Hey Gill, can I sneak away in your suitcase to Madagascar?? Pretty please
Jo

[paulthomas]

I'm hoping to get some decent shots of Great Crested Grebes and hopefully some shots of their young if they breed successfully at our local nature reserve. Apart from that, pretty well anything which walks in front of the camera

[rlchew]

Apart from yet more photos of birds, I would really like to get some good photos of Otter and Pine Marten in the Scottish Highlands in June. I am also planning to visit the Farne Islands again after many years for all the different seabirds.

And I am on the point of purchasing a macro lens to kick off my photography of butterflies and dragonflies this spring/summer. This will be a whole new area of wildlife identification and photoography for me which I am really lokking forward to. Anyone know any good sites in Essex for butterflies and dragonflies?

Richard

[paulst]

I think I will try and photograph a noisy woodpecker in my local park, everytime I get close it flies off paul

[nicole]

Originally Posted by rlchew

Anyone know any good sites in Essex for butterflies and dragonflies?

Richard

Try the Lee Valley Richard, its always a treat and it is actually claimed that it is the best site in Essex for dragonflies http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/f...=3&n2=10&n3=66


nicole

[rlchew]

Originally Posted by nicole

Try the Lee Valley Richard, its always a treat and it is actually claimed that it is the best site in Essex for dragonflies http://www.leevalleypark.org.uk/en/f...=3&n2=10&n3=66


nicole

Cheers Nicole

I will certainly check this site out .... a quick trip around the M25 for me .... did I say quick and M25 in the same sentence?

Richard

[nicole]

Originally Posted by rlchew

Cheers Nicole

I will certainly check this site out .... a quick trip around the M25 for me .... did I say quick and M25 in the same sentence?

Richard

Heehee oh yes the good old M25, iv spent many times stuck on it wishing I was somewhere else

Let me know if you find any good butterfly sites around Essex Richard, iv recently been looking into improving my ID skills and would appreciate any tip-offs

nicole

[Kev Lewis]

I set myself this list in January, still along way to go!

Challenges for 2006
1. Kingfisher as it enters the water.
2. Wild Owls in flight.
3. Bittern in flight.
4. Wild Badgers.
5. Dippers.
6. Sparrowhawk.
7. Goshawk.
Any help with the above will be grabbed with both hands :-)

I've recently added an 8th. Getting some good images of Adders, after seeing some superb work elsewhere

and a more general challenge is to improve on the images I already have

challenge 5 kicks off in ernest tomorrow at Lathkill Dale. I never thought that waders would EVER be part of my photographic kit!

[eeyore]

My plans are:
Yorkshire dales this May, Waterfalls, landscape etc
Bempton cliff on the way back
Gigrin Farm (again !)
Scottish Highlands in Winter
Finland - Brownbears and Osprey (assuming I can afford it - I'm buying a 5D )

[Alan]

Originally Posted by eeyore

Scottish Highlands in Winter
Finland - Brownbears and Osprey (assuming I can afford it - I'm buying a 5D )

Would this be with Wildshots eeyore? If it is say hello to Pete Cairns for me

[eeyore]

No, If I can afford it I plan to go with Wild Arena for the bears, then go on to the ospreys as a solo venture. On the affordability front the good news was that I found a decent deal on a 20D and went with that instead saving myself a decent wedge. Trouble was that I then put a f2.8 300mm Prime on my credit card, ooooh welll.

Scotland will also be a self organised jaunt, though I may make use of the rothiemurcus estate wildlife watching services while I am up there (definitely checking out the highland wildlife park again as well, want to get pics of wolves in the snow). If anyone knows other locations in the cairgorm area I would love to hear about them.

[Alan]

Originally Posted by eeyore

No, If I can afford it I plan to go with Wild Arena for the bears, then go on to the ospreys as a solo venture. On the affordability front the good news was that I found a decent deal on a 20D and went with that instead saving myself a decent wedge. Trouble was that I then put a f2.8 300mm Prime on my credit card, ooooh welll.

Scotland will also be a self organised jaunt, though I may make use of the rothiemurcus estate wildlife watching services while I am up there (definitely checking out the highland wildlife park again as well, want to get pics of wolves in the snow). If anyone knows other locations in the cairgorm area I would love to hear about them.

Speyside Wildlife run evening Pine Martin watching/photographing sessions. It runs about £10 a session. It's in a custom built hide near Rothiemurcus - well worth a trip. The Wildlife Park's always worth visiting. They feed the wolves about 1pm, so best to get there before then, as they're more active in anticipation of their meal!

[eeyore]

I went to HWP back in may last year, got some cracking shots - which I will post into gallery as soon as I get time to resize them etc. There's a place metioned in the photography competion thread which sounds well worth a look as well...

[Wolfhill]

This year My main focus will hopefully be Wildlife of the Scottish Uplands, I already have pictures of Red grouse, Snow Bunting, Ptarmigan(winter plumage), Mountain Hare(winter coat). Species I want to photograph this year:
1)Dotteral
2)Golden Plover
3)More Ptarmigan (in different plumages)
4)More Red Grouse
5)More Mountain Hare(in summer coat)
6)Black-Throated Diver
7)Red Deer
8)More Snow Bunting
9)Black Grouse
10)Capercaillie(its a long shot I know!!)
11)Crested Tits
I also want to set up a feeding station in my local woods hoping to attract Red Squirrel, Great Spotted Woodpecker. Also wish to photograph Roe deer in the same area.