The centre is home to a fabulous collection of birds including many different species of Owls, Hawks, Eagles and Falcons. Their wonderful facilities and surroundings will provide you with the opportunity to capture fantastic portraits and stunning images of the birds in flight. The Centre will be providing us with multiple priavte flying displays throughout the day, where we can move around the show ground freely and capture breathtaking shots of these incredible birds. All entry costs are included and...weather depending, we may be able to take some of the sites impressive snakes out onto the field for some bonus shots!
The site has toilets, a cafe and a shop, but feel free to bring a packed lunch if you wish.
Here is a list of the birds flown at the centre and we do not think you will find a better selection...
European Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Laughing Kookaburra
Harris Hawk
American Black Vulture
White-tailed Sea Eagle
Verreaux Eagle Owl
Black kite
Red Kite
Yellow Billed kite
Great Grey
Golden Eagle
Lanner Falcon
Mottled Owl
Chilean Blue Eagle
Crested Carcara
Striated Carcara
African Spotted Eagle Owl
Hooded Vulture
Tawny Owl
Barn Owl
Southern White- Faced Owl
Siberian Eagle Owl
Please note not all birds will be flown in a single day and some birds are flown subject to weather conditions. This list is representative of the collection on site and that could be flown.
These workshops are led by Alex Shute, the owner of Going Digital Southern. Alex is an experienced wildlife photographer. He will be joined by a a memeber of the flying team who has a great deal of experience of working with photographers and has an amazing knowledge of the birds.
If you wish to improve your wildlife and action Photography skills, then ideally you should have attended our Explore Your Camera Part 1 -Get Off Auto workshop or be confident shooting in Aperture Priority mode. For those without a DSLR camera then excellent portraits may be obtained of all the birds featured throughout the day although photographing birds in flight may be more challenging depending on the features of your specific camera.