Wildlife photography entered my life quietly, the way most things worth keeping do. It started on early morning walks — a hare sitting still in a field, a kestrel hanging in the wind above Watership Down, seals hauled out on a Norfolk beach. I wasn’t looking for wildlife subjects. I just started noticing them.
What drew me in wasn’t the technical challenge, though that’s real enough. It was the slowing down. Wildlife photography demands patience in a way that landscape work doesn’t always. You can return to a landscape and it will wait for you. Animals won’t.
This page brings together my wildlife photography organised by subject — birds, seals, deer, hares and fox, built up across years of fieldwork in Hampshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire and Norway. It’s a living collection. New subjects and new encounters get added as they happen.
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Birds
From birds of prey at Millets Falconry Centre in Oxfordshire to woodland and coastal birds encountered in the field — birds have been one of the most rewarding and technically demanding subjects I’ve worked with. Fast, unpredictable and endlessly varied in behaviour, they’ve pushed my technique in ways that other subjects haven’t.
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Seals
Grey seals at Horsey Gap on the Norfolk coast are one of the most extraordinary wildlife subjects in the UK. The colony hauls out on the beach in large numbers through autumn and winter, and if you arrive early, move carefully and keep your distance, the photographic opportunities are exceptional. I’ve returned several times and written up both the practical fieldcraft and the experience of being there.
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Deer
Roe deer are a constant presence in the woodlands and field edges around north Hampshire — Ashford Hill in particular. They move through the woodland margins in the early morning, and learning their patterns across repeated visits has made all the difference. They’ll vanish before you’ve registered they’re there if you move too quickly or position yourself in the wrong place.
Patience, early starts, and knowing where to wait. That’s most of it.
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Hares
Brown hares are one of my favourite subjects — and one of the most unpredictable. A hare will sit absolutely motionless for minutes, watching you with complete stillness, and then be gone before you’ve pressed the shutter. Getting close enough for a meaningful image requires a low approach, slow movement, and a willingness to wait in a cold field for longer than feels reasonable.
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Fox
The fox is both one of the most familiar and most elusive animals in the British countryside. Photographing them well means catching unguarded moments — hunting behaviour, curiosity, stillness. They’re alert to human presence in a way that keeps you honest about your fieldcraft.
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Adding to this collection
Wildlife photography is never finished. Every season brings new encounters and new subjects. If you’d like to be notified when new work is added — whether that’s badgers, otters, kingfishers or something unexpected — sign up for occasional updates.
A note on ethics
I follow a simple rule: if I’m close enough that the animal has changed its behaviour because of me, I’m too close. The lens is there to close the distance, not me. This matters most with coastal species like seals during pupping season, and with any nesting birds. No photograph is worth the disturbance.
What I use
For wildlife I shoot primarily with the Canon EOS R5, paired with the Canon RF 200-800mm for reach. For falconry work and slower-moving subjects I sometimes bring film — the Bronica ETRSi with a longer lens gives results I can’t replicate digitally.
Wildlife photography is one thread in a broader practice rooted in the British countryside. If you’re interested in my landscape work, the Works section is the place to start. If you shoot film and want to explore how I approach it, the Film Photography hub covers that in depth.