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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-2018
2018 Year of Wildlife Wonder – Enjoy my daily photo diary of Wildlife Wonder activities through the year. Photos taken on SLR, compact cameras or phone. 31st October – Happy Hallowleaf 30th October – Litter 29th October – Leaf art with my daughter – just part of the final image! 28th October – Dipper delights 27th October – […]
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 […]
Jul-2016
Wth schools out for the summer, it gives me a chance to enjoy highlights of the year so far, work on future projects – not least of which is the huge Wildlife Wonder Gloucestershire exhibition & Eco-Summit in September. And time to recharge! Can’t believed that so far in 2016 I’ve led over fifty school Wildlife Wonder sessions, involving 5000 children in […]
Jul-2016
Just 15 minutes walk from Sapperton School, the slopes of Daneway Banks are carpeted in orchids, herbs, grasses and flowers of all colours. A special location for so much wildlife, this Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve is home the the rare (and once extinct in UK) large blue butterfly. I have explored the local area with the school […]
May-2016
30DaysWild – Daily Blog June 2016 Wildlife Wonder is delighted to be an ambassador for 30DaysWild Spending time outdoors is so important for our health, happiness, creativity and connection to the natural world. Through June we will be getting wild every day with children, schools, community groups and adults, from Cornwall to London. Discovering butterflies and water voles, enjoying creative observation and photography, engaging thousands of people through […]
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 […]
Nov-2015
NEW GREETINGS & CHRISTMAS CARDS Now available – New Packs of 6 Greetings Cards – Robin Red and Snowball (kingfisher) £3.95 each, or any 3 packs for £10. Cards are blank inside – 14cm x 14cm. Single Cards (below) are 178mm x 127mm, individually packed and blank inside. All Festive single […]
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 […]