Nature Photographer, Guide & Ecologist

I am an award winning wildlife photographer based in the beautiful and wildlife-rich county of Norfolk. I regularly guide photographic workshops in the UK & beyond, nature walks and bird ID courses. I work as a freelance ecologist on an 6,000 acre estate in my home county of Suffolk.

Although I consider myself a general naturalist with a broad knowledge of species groups, I specialise in ornithology and regularly teach bird identification courses in the UK. I am an experienced photographic guide and have been leading foreign wildlife holidays in Europe since 2018.

In 2017 I graduated in zoology from Swansea University and four months later I moved to the Arctic Circle to work as a photographic guide. I spent the following 2 years teaching people how to photograph the northern lights and nature in the stunning Abisko National Park. My photographic work led me to start up a photographic tour company in 2018, organising photo tours to Finland, in search of big predators, and my favourite animal, the Brown Bear. I stepped down from the company in 2022 but continue to guide regularly in Finland and beyond, see Experiences.

Alongside good friend Edwin Towler, we started a wildlife & adventure brand in 2020 called GoneFeral. Born out of the COVID lockdown, we began filming our local wildlife photography adventures, which gradually became less local. We’ve released 3 series and several films on YouTube, delivered filming & photography projects for Leica, MPB, Ford Iceland, Save Windermere and have shot two 8 & 10 page cover features for BBC Wildlife Magazine on Puffins and Lynx.

Please keep a close eye on the Experiences page, where upcoming wildlife photography workshops, tours, nature walks and courses will be shared. If you would like to book my guiding services for a nature event you’re considering, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

 
 
 
 
‘Wolves are like the fairy tales they prowl through: wild, and not on anybody’s side’ - Katherine Rundell. A small series of this stunning alpha female Wolf, taken last year, which one is your favourite? 🐺 Would you like to exp
Spectacular Seabirds 💙 Seabirds are one of the most captivating species groups. Battered by the wind and waves, they are masters of the ocean, nesting on sheer cliffs above rough seas and enduring the full force of the elements. They ride out gales
A wild Great Grey Owl listens for her rodent prey, in Finlands dense boreal wilderness during midsummer… There is something enchanting about the Great Grey Owl. Its immense size and ghostly poise command the forest, yet it moves with such pr
Snow Angels ❄️ I’ve been trying to capture images of this Norfolk seal colony in the snow for a few years now, but conditions never seemed to line up. This week that changed, when the Norfolk coastline was peppered with several heavy snow show
The Whispering Forest… 🌲 Last autumn, I had the immense privilege of guiding my first photo tour for @wildlifeworldwidetravel. We spent a week in a former forest workers’ lodge, tucked deep in the wilderness near the Finland-Russia bo

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