Bird Of Prey Photography Days
In The Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire
with Photographer Steve Coomes
Photographing birds of prey in the wild, is wonderful. Although it can be challenging and frustrating, if you are not prepared. Our photography days are designed for photographers of all levels of expertise, looking to practice and finesse the skill of photographing birds of prey in both static and flying compositions. The day offers the opportunity to be better prepared, for the next time out photographing wild birds of prey. Or if you are very comfortable with capturing wild birds of prey in flight, the day offers a chance to photograph some different raptors in stunning locations.
We have a beautiful location for you. The historical and simply stunning Thoresby Park, in Nottinghamshire, part of Sherwood Forest is the perfect place. Thoresby provides a wide variety of natural habitats to photograph the birds in, including ancient woodland, grassland areas, old abandoned buildings and a churchyard. We aim to respond to the weather conditions and seasons so that every workshop provides different opportunities.
A typical day features around 10 birds, with a mixture of native and non-native species (owls, hawks, falcons and eagles). We start at 10:30am and finish around 3pm. The day starts with an illustrated talk, by photographer Steve Coomes – who will be on hand throughout day, if you need some help. The short talk by Steve, focuses on camera settings and composition. You will then head out to meet the birds and start by taking static, portrait and flying shots of the birds in beautiful natural settings.
As the day progresses, after lunch, we move onto the more challenging flight shots, with a wide range of birds and flying styles, in different environments.
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THINGS TO NOTE – We aim to keep group sizes to around 8 photographers. If you would like to have someone come with you to spectate, this is no problem – we do limit one spectator for each photographer, to keep the group as small as possible. There is a cafe on site, or please bring a packed lunch. If the weather forecast is awful, we will rearrange.
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HOW TO BOOK – To reserve a space on a future workshop a £20 deposit will be required (unless you have a gift voucher). Please head to our booking page – https://bookwhen.com/bookphotography.
CLUB DAYS – If you organise a photography club, we are able to do exclusive days just for your members at discounted rates, please contact us to discuss.
GIFT VOUCHERS can be purchased now via the link below and redeemed for a future date at the recipients leisure (valid for 18 months). A voucher will be sent to your email address, within 24 hours.
Reserve Your Space Here
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2026 Dates
Friday 13th March
Saturday 14th March
Friday 17th April
Friday 1st May
Friday 22nd May
Friday 24th July
Saturday 5th September
Friday 9th October
Saturday 10th October
Saturday 24th October
More dates may be added.
Photographers £98
Spectators £20
A Selection of Photos (From Previous Workshops)
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