Dave Bowestead

MendipBlue photography - specialising in wildlife and nature.

Check out my photos on @RedBubble and @Flickr

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

@verityhill5 I totally agree with you. I take photographs for myself and enjoy taking the pictures that I want to see. It also encourages me out into nature and lets me challenge myself.

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

@jwood_t Thank you for helping with identification. I couldn't find that colouring when I searched. It's really appreciated

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

A nice quiet walk at RSPB Greylake today. Hardly anyone about and some dragonflies that posed well. I'm really struggling to identify this one, any help would be much appreciated #Dragonfly #insect #macro #closeup #rspbgreylake #rspb #greylake #somersetlevels #somerset

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

A sika deer looking out from the bracken at RSPB Arne in Dorset @RSPBArne @Natures_Voice #RSPB #rspbarne #arne #pooleharbour #wareham #poole #dorset #sikadeer #sika #deer #nature #wildlife

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

The summer meadows at @DurlstonCP were incredible today home to loads of Skipper butterflies, Marbled Whites and Burnet moths #durlston #swanage #isleofpurbeck #jurassiccoast #dorset #meadow #Flowers #coast

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

Loving these formation avocets in the new Waterscape aviary at @WWTSlimbridge a few weeks ago #avocet #bird #slimbridge #wwtslimbridge #olympusuk #nature #wildlife

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

@verityhill5 @Natures_Voice I saw plenty of these at @RSPBArne last week. They are amazing

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

These beautiful Silver Studded Blue butterfly were fluttering all over Combe Heath at RSPB Arne in Dorset last week #butterfly #bluebutterfly @RSPBArne @Natures_Voice #nature #insect #Lepidoptera

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

I had a great day out at WWT Slimbridge yesterday and I'm really pleased with this picture of a flamingo following great advice from @wildmanrouse at the first WildBunch meetup @WWTworldwide @WWTSlimbridge #flamingo #nature #slimbridge

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

I saw this cardinal beetle at the Shapwick Heath NNR on the Somerset Levels #cardinalbeetle #beetle #insect #nature #macro #wildlife #shapwickheath #somersetlevels #somerset @AvalonMarshes @NESouthWest @NaturalEngland

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

@wildmanrouse @OlympusUK My pre-order has arrived & I started to read it last night. It's amazing, filled with high quality photos with notes to help us to too. But that's not what this book is about. It's Andy's personal story about how nature & photography have such a positive impact on mental health

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

@AndyandEliza1 @AvalonMarshes @NESouthWest @NaturalEngland I really appreciate you taking the time to help me improve my identification skills. Thank you

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

What I'm fairly sure is a common darter dragonfly from a recent trip Shapwick Heath NNR on the Somerset Levels
@AvalonMarshes @NESouthWest @NaturalEngland
#dragonfly #insect #shapwickheath #somersetlevels #somerset #macro #nature #wildlife #Springwatch

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

@AvalonMarshes @NESouthWest @NaturalEngland Thank you for the identification. That's really appreciated

[Andy Rouse 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @wildmanrouse]

Next week we will start the launch of our amazing new book Tuning into Nature which looks at wildlife photography and mental health via my work over the past year. Great reaction so far, watch this space for Zoom launch and links etc. It's gonna be #inspiring @OlympusUK

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

Another angle of the massive hornet queen that I spotted yesterday at Shapwick Heath NNR on the Somerset Levels @AvalonMarshes @NESouthWest @NaturalEngland #hornet #queenhornet #insect #shapwickheath #somersetlevels #somerset #macro #nature #wildlife #Springwatch

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

An absolutely massive queen hornet which I spotted on Shapwick Heath NNR on the Somerset Levels today @AvalonMarshes @NESouthWest #hornet #queenhornet #avalonmarshes #shapwickheath #shapwick #shapwickheathNNR

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

Lovely to see a greater spotted woodpecker having just fed its noisy brood yesterday at @RSPBArne #rspbarne #dorset #woodpecker #nature #wildlife #rspb #SpringWatch

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

Another perfect spring walk at @RSPBHamWall this morning with Glastonbury Tor in the background #rspbhamwall #rspb #hamwall #glastonburytor #somerset #somersetlevels

[Dave Bowestead @MendipBlue]

I saw my first damselflies of the year today at RSPB Ham Wall @RSPBHamWall nature reserve on the Somerset Levels today @Natures_Voice #somerset #somersetlevels #hamwall