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Jan-2020
Learning Naturally through Wildlife Wonder Wildlife Wonder sessions take many forms – children learning naturally, by exploring, observing and discovering the natural world around them. Here are few examples from the many hundred Wildlife Wonder days over the past ten years – all photographs taken by children and all in or near school grounds. The opportunities for […]
Jan-2017
2017 marks my 20th anniversary as a wildlife photographer. Through two decades I’ve taken a photographic journey from Ugandan gorillas and ten years with the wild tigers of central India, to Wild London, Wildlife Wonder and water voles or sleeping kingfishers on my doorstep. To celebrate, I have plenty of exciting projects planned including a major schools initiative and #52Wild […]
Apr-2016
With the arrival of warmer weather, I’ve been treated to some gorgeous views of my local water voles in recent days. Early spring is an apprehensive time, when I discover how the voles fared over the winter. Though they don’t hibernate, the voles are much less visible in winter and the population will greatly reduce through predation and poorer feeding. This year the high river levels have been […]
Feb-2016
Far from hibernating, I’ve been out enjoying a diverse winter of wonder – photographing wildlife and working with schools, community groups and the future faces of conservation. In January I lead a photography training day for Wildlife Skills trainees from Devon, Dorset, Somerset & Wiltshire Wildlife Trusts. An amazing programme and always such an inspiring group – exploring Langford Lakes in Wiltshire with the conservation trainees […]
Dec-2015
Upstaged by kingfishers, a fishing water vole and our first Wild Wonder Eco-Summit, it has been a wild & wonderful 2015 working with schools, community & wildlife groups, families and individuals across the UK. I am very fortunate to spend my time out in nature with so many inspiring people – every day is a treat. Through the year I’ve worked with […]
Oct-2015
Over the past year 1000’s of children from Bristol primary schools have been exploring and photographing their local Wild Wonders – from autumn colours in their school grounds to encounters with city-centre kingfishers. A couple of weeks ago I was on a Bristol riverbank with a class of children watching a kingfisher – just five minutes walk […]
May-2015
This week Wild Wonder celebrated a year-long project working with children and staff from 10 Hertfordshire schools. Joining together at the first ever Wild@Herts Wild Wonder School Summit at Hatfield House on Monday, pupil ambassadors from each school shared their discoveries and photography of wildest Hertfordshire. In school grounds & ponds, nearby wild spaces or local nature reserves, and time spent photographing badgers, bluebells, aquatic caddis fly and breeding kingfishers, over the past […]
Jan-2015
What a wild and wonderful start to the New Year. Exploring winter trees with children from two Bristol schools, a magical starling murmuration for the Peoples Trust for Endangered Species and working with Wildlife Skills trainees to develop photography skills for future employment. And being upstaged by a kingfisher! A seahorse of starlings on the Somerset […]
Dec-2014
Wild Wonder projects aim to provide opportunities for children & adults from all walks of life to engage with nature – using photography, observation and exploration in local wild spaces. 2014 has been a fantastic year working with schools (thousands of children), families, community projects and training programmes for young people. Continually inspired and motivated […]
Jun-2014
Unforgettable moments for all as a kingfisher dives into the water and then lands on the branch just in front of us. In a hide at the magical RSPB Rye Meads with children, parents & teachers from Hertingfordbury Primary School, we watch the kingfisher fly to the nestbank to feed its young. Over the past […]