Today is World Wildlife Day and this year’s theme is “The future of wildlife is in our hands”. It’s horrific to think about how many of the fabulous species of animals that roam the world today will have disappeared by the time your children or grandchildren have grown up. Which species of elephants, gorillas, turtles, tigers, bears, frogs and whales will have been lost forever?
20 Favourite Wildlife Photographs
As well as raising awareness, World wildlife Day should be a day to celebrate the world’s wonderful diversity of eco-systems and their inhabitants. I’d like to share 20 of my favourite wildlife shots from my travels over the last year.
Spring Photography in England
Goose chicks at the Arundel Wetland Centre, West Sussex, England
Moorhen chick at the Arundel Wetland Centre, West Sussex, England
Male Mallard at the Arundel Wetland Centre, West Sussex, England
Mother and young Coot at the Arundel Wetland Centre, West Sussex, England
Red-breasted Geese at the Arundel Wetland Centre, West Sussex, England
Male Mandarin Duck at the Arundel Wetland Centre, West Sussex, England
Red Deer stag at Knepp, West Sussex, England
Red Deer stag at Knepp, West Sussex, England
Exmoor Pony at Knepp, West Sussex, England
Fallow Deer at Knepp, West Sussex, England
Rabbit at Knepp, West Sussex, England
Summer Photography in Canada
Female Grizzly Bear in the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada
Male Grizzly Bear in the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada
A young Bald Headed Eagle in the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada
Humming Bird in the Great Bear Rainforest, British Columbia, Canada
Bald Headed Eagle, Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
Autumn Photography in England
Red Squirrel on Brownsea Island, Poole, Dorset, England
Red Squirrel on Brownsea Island, Poole, Dorset, England
Winter Photography in The Gambia
Village Weaver by Kotu Stream, The Gambia
Malachite Kingfisher by Kotu Stream, The Gambia
“The future of wildlife is in our hands”
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Further Wildlife Photography Posts:
Photographing the Red Squirrels of Brownsea Island
Wildlife Photography in the Great Bear Rainforest – Top 12 Tips
Birding Before Breakfast in The Gambia
The Baboons of Makasutu Forest
Monkeys at play in a Gambian garden
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I love animals and love wildlife photography too. These are very nice photos. I appreciate this kind of blogs. Thanks for sharing.
Some fabulous shots Kat and so much colour and detail. We need to cherish our wildlife and protect it for future generations.
What incredible photos – what’s amazing is how much there is without going on safari, right in front of our noses. I love the chick photos – we saw some gorgeous little fluff balls last spring at Stourhead on their first swim, lovely to watch! We saw hummingbirds in Jamaica – incredible species.
That’s so true Anna. It’s all too easy to overlook England’s wildlife in favour of the more exotic but places like Knepp and Arundle Wetland Centre are fabulously places to visit for wildlife watching.
That picture of the male mandarin duck is incredible. Such exquisite details and colors. Definitely my favorite! I’m also a fan of that red squirrel shot 🙂
Isn’t the Mandarin Duck a beauty! And the red squirrels were an absolute joy to photograph. They also joined me in a Periscope and came right up to my phone for people all around the world to see live, great fun! Normally I wouldn’t want to see wild animals so used to human copy but for them I’m happy to make an exception.
These are very beautiful photos and a celebration of what we need to maintain for future generations to also marvel at. The future of the world is definitely in our hands, and every day should be a World Wildlife Day.
Thanks Paula and I couldn’t agree with you more.
Gorgeous captures Kat, the colors and details are really beautiful and the backgrounds are perfect for setting them off se nicely. Wonderful job!
Love the symmetry of the red-breasted geeze, Kat! But the hummingbird has to be my favourite also. Was that difficult to capture?
Thanks Paul. Humming birds are so fast moving that they are a bit of a nightmare to capture. So I kind of cheatted! I focused on the feeder and when I thought one of them was in the same plane as the feeder took the shot. On the best couple (and there were loads that were binned) I then cropped the photo to exclude the feeder – which is rather ugly and would ruin the shot. As a result I don’t have a high resolution image of a humming bird, just some low res ones – fine for the web but for little else.
Your photos never fail to impress me – always so much detail to pore over. I’m sure I can discern individual feathers and strands of fur! A worthwhile and sombre topic too, fingers crossed these images don’t end up appearing only in future history books.
Thanks Sara, that is kind of you but yes, that is a very sombre thought indeed.
Lovely photos! It’s been my life’s ambition to get a decent photo of a hummingbird in flight. No success yet, though.
Thanks Keith and I hope you catch your humming bird one day.