NatureSpy is a small business that primarily uses wildlife camera traps to help people make a connection with the wildlife in their area, working with schools, nature reserves, individuals and environmental organisations. A Focus On Nature is looking to work with NatureSpy in the future.

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James Shooter is a young wildlife photographer (and a bloody good one at that). He was awarded, through A Focus On Nature, a place on a NorthShots photography course, generously donated by Peter Cairns, and since then has been working in a range of habitats across the UK. If you’re interested in talking to James about his work or in purchasing photographs, please visit his website.

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Harry is 21 and a budding birdwatcher, conservationist, naturalist and wildlife photographer. Having just returned from a year placement at Aigas Field Centre in the Scottish Highlands, he is now in his final year studying for a Bachelors in Zoology at the University of Manchester. Any free time is spent getting out to local areas to bird and take photographs.

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Simon is a keen wildlife photographer, conservationist and naturalist. He currently works for the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust (views his own) and spends as much of his free time out on nature reserves around the country photographing any wildlife he can find.

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Findlay Wilde is a young bird ringer, nature conservationist and general all-round wildlife enthusiast. At a very young age, Findlay has inspired thousands, both young and old, with his honest, passionate and intelligent commitment to preserving the environment, through his writing and photography. You can watch our interview with him and his family here.

Matt Williams has moved from the urbanised UK landscapes of London and Cambridge, to Borneo, working from OuTrop.

Originally posted here: http://mattadamwilliams.co.uk/2013/08/02/from-tower-42-to-tower-35-or-from-the-urban-jungle-to-the-real-jungle/

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Robert Bosisto was recently put in contact with Luke Sutton, through his A Focus On Nature mentor Ed Drewitt. Together, they set out for a day of voluntary fieldwork, contributing to the growing wealth of knowledge of the most iconic of birds, the Peregrine.

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Matt Williams writes about his day out assisting award-winning wildlife photographer David Tipling with the BTO, how A Focus On Nature has helped to shape his friendships and ambition and how it’s relationships like these that will in the end secure nature’s future.

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Originally published at http://mattadamwilliams.co.uk/2013/05/22/the-state-of-nature-1-why-its-up-to-youth/

A new report published today by a range of wildlife and conservation organisations has for the first time revealed the extent and rate of the decline of UK wildlife. The State of Nature report shows that for the 3148 species analysed, 60% of them have declined in the last ten years.

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Young wildlife photographer, Tom Mason, was lucky enough to spend a few valuable days in Latvia with his mentor, David Lindo. Read about his trip here…

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