Category: Trip reviews

Japan is one of the most stunning countries I have ever visited, not only from a wildlife point of view but culturally as well. This trip focussed on a number of key sites where we worked with specific species, snow monkeys, red-crowned cranes, whooper swans and eagles (white-tailed and Steller’s)….

Anyone who has met me will know that I love the Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus). I’m passionate about them. I can’t explain why because I don’t really know… perhaps because it was the first bird I’d properly focussed on a number of years ago, perhaps because the pelican has many…

I simply can’t believe how long it’s been since I contributed to the latest news on here: a combination of even more time away than normal (a good thing I guess as that means lots of travel and photography) and a higher than ever work pile when back in the…

Weather is such a massive factor when considering planning a trip. However, the best laid plans of mice and men can be sadly thrown out of kilter when the weather gods decide not to play ball! Winter in Norway should be cold and snowy. Unfortunately, the warm south-west gales that…

The last trip to Poland to photograph eagles in February was challenging. There is just no other way to describe sitting in a hide for 11 hours with no Golden Eagles. That’s why we appreciated our guests’ trust in that the autumn trip would be more successful. I’d visited the eagle site…

I have been to Alaska a few times now and after my first visit I fell in love with this wild and rugged place. It is hard to explain the vastness and wildness of Alaska but it truly is one of the last great frontiers. All of my visits so…

After a long and tiring flight I made it home, looking back on a wonderful trip I was co-leading with Danny. It wasn’t my first time in Yellowstone but it was my first time during the fall. It turned out to be hard work compared to the winter trip because…

This summer, I was in Bulgaria for 10 days in search of a particular balkan beauty, the elusive Apollo butterfly. It’s a species that many photographers admire for its sheer beauty and grace, and for me and the group, it was a journey from the UK to eastern Europe to photograph…

This year has been an extremely busy one for me so far, not only have I been busy with leading trips already in the program for Natures Images, I have also been recceing new trips for next year and beyond. It is difficult to come up with new trips all…

The European Brown Bear conjours up many images in our history; in Medieval times he was hunted & outlawed as a dangerous beast, bear-baited, made to dance & entertain the public, and yet in recent times he’s been turned into a soft toy that we all cherish. His territory extended…