Construction of a new photographic hide for kingfishers

Spring has been around for about two weeks here in southern Sweden and nature has a very busy schedule after the delay due to the long winter. Spring is my favorite season and I try to spend every minute out in nature. But wildlife is in a hurry, trying to breed and...

Advanced Bat photography

For the past ten years, I have been constructing my own IR-barriers for wildlife photography and have working with them on kingfishers and bats with great joy. However, a few weeks ago, I changed strategy and bought myself my first ‘real’ infrared-barrier...

Osprey – differently for once!

Most Scandinavian photographers go to Kangasala in Finland in order to photograph fishing ospreys from the hides there. A fabulous place for photography! The ospreys there visit the fish ponds several times each day and catch the farmed rainbow trout from the ponds....

Ten Tawny Owl nest boxes up

This week I have been busy building and setting up Tawny Owl nest boxes here in southern Sweden. On Monday, I have placed ten of these wooden nest boxes in the scanian forests and ten more nest boxes are currently under construction. To build the nest boxes, ask...

Waterworld, my new hide for wildlife photography

A great photograph is very often not a matter of luck or great camera equipment but a result of hard work. Most wildlife photographers – including myself – are working in large-scale projects. This means that I rarely just go for a walk in the forest to...