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January 14, 2014

Weasel Adventure: First Camera Trap

During the weasel adventure I wrote about yesterday I also put up my first camera trap ever to try to capture the action (if any) around the weasel trap. Piece of cake I thought. Ohh how wrong I was 🙂

When we went back early Sunday morning I was excited to check the traps but also my camera. The result was amazing: 2 rats and a ghost/alien 🙂 No weasel unfortunately and as you can see an “image” of something… When I arrived to the camera I immediately noticed that the lens of the camera was all wet. The humidity in the air had totally fogged up the lens…

Have to invent something for next time…

January 12, 2014

The Ballotra / The Maltese Weasel

Today I had the opportunity to join a student from University of Malta on his ongoing study of the Maltese Weasel. The aim is to see what impact habitat fragmentation has on the weasel or Ballotra as it is called locally. (Mustela nivalis) population in Malta. Not many studies are available on this shy and elusive species here in Malta so this is kind of baseline.

I have had a wish to work with the weasel for a while now since not many great images are available in Malta, so when this opportunity was presented to me I was very excited. The aim is to catch some individuals and GPS trackers on them to be able to study them better. For me it means that I can improve my chances of being in the right place at the right time with my camera. For the student in question I hope to provide him with some good images and maybe some video of this creature’s behaviour.

The student has been trying to catch individuals for 2-3 months now but so far hasn’t been successful. The weasel, or ballotra, is shy, elusive and very intelligent so catching one will be hard so wish us luck 🙂

Photo By: Raymond Galea

November 6, 2013

New Earthshot!

The guys over at Earthshots seem to like my puffin shots! I am particularly happy about this image. This photo was taken in the rain as you can see. It was not from a hide or from a car or anything. It was me and Mark Hamblin (The others gave up and went home when the rain started) on the ground on a remote island north of Scotland called Fair Isle. A rain-cover for the gear and we continued. Me, Mark and the birds. A very humbling and different experience.

http://www.earthshots.org/2013/11/flapping-in-the-rain-by-johan-siggesson

November 6, 2013

WildPhotos

Better late than never. Just wanted to say that visiting WildPhotos in London in mid October was hysterically inspiring. Some amzing photos and even more amazing stories to go with them. What about sitting in a small hide for 74 days to get 3!!! shots of a tiger? Well that is what Toshiji Fukuda did in eastern russia. Or photographing Lynx with camera traps and wait 9 months between decent shots? The shots were well worth the wait though 🙂

If you have never been to WildPhotos it is definitely worth a visit!

October 9, 2013

Puffins Highly Commended in South Africa

I am honoured to be able to tell you that 2 of my puffin-shots were highly commended (top-10) in Bird Life South Africa’s Photo Competition “Save Our Oceans”. They are now exhibited in Iziko Museum in Cape Town and will soon feature in a coffe-table book. Today one of the images was publish in The Guardian

Both photos were taken on my recent trip to Fair Isle, Shetland, Scotland.

June 18, 2013

Curator’s choice on 1x.com

I see you.

I am thrilled to have my first image in the prestigious 1x gallery. 1x the world’s most exclusive photo community. All photos in the gallery are curated, selected by a team of 11 professional curators.

You can see my image on 1x here

May 17, 2013

Fluffy Ducklings in San Anton Gardens in Malta

On a recent trip to the public San Anton Gardens in Malta I came across 8-9 incredibly cute ducklings. The responsible parents where the resident pair of Muscovy Ducks. They were quite willing to pose for the cameras and they weren’t too afraid to come close either.

The Muscovy duck is actually native to Mexico and other parts of Central and South America. Inevitably, one has to ask himself how it ended up in a public garden on a tiny Mediterranean Island. But I leave that to someone else to answer 🙂

The public gardens of San Anton Palace have been open to the public since 1882 and owe their origin to the Knight Antoine de Paule, a French knight who was elected 54tth Grand Master of the Order of St. John in 1623. Since 1974 San Anton Palace is the Official residence of the President of Malta.

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