Springwatch Unsprung, Day 2 – 30 Days Wild

Springwatch Unsprung is not something that I thought I would be writing about for Day 2 Of 30 Days Wild, but yesterday I had the privilege of being on the program.

I was on Unsprung to talk about wildlife photography. It was to encourage other people to spend time outdoors and how you don’t need an expensive camera to enjoy taking photos of wildlife.

I hope my photographs and blog show that you don’t have to travel far away from your own house to spot amazing wildlife, just a bit of time and patience.

Chris Packham also talked to me about some of my photos. I was warned that he would be quite critical, but he wasn’t as bad as I thought he was going to be.

Peoples choice and winner of GWT photography competition aged 8-11 2014

BWPA – special mention 2015

I spent the afternoon with Maggie Aderin-Pocock walking around RSPB Minsmere taking photos and talking about wildlife. Maggie was extremely enthusiastic and took some great photos of a damselfly on her phone.

One of the activities all the guests have to do this series is an art challenge. We got 10 minutes to draw a picture of Minsmere or something we had seen on the reserve. The crew were very strict and we had a timer set for exactly 10 minutes, no more. It was probably the hardest part of the day. Especially as my easel kept falling over.

During the day I also got to meet up with Melanie. I have been friends with Melanie on social media for a while, and she has written a guest blog for me on badger skulls in the past, but this was the first time we had actually met. Melanie was setting the daily quiz on different animal skulls from her incredible collection.

It was a fantastic opportunity, which I really enjoyed. Everyone, throughout the day was exceptionally nice to me, helping me keep my nerves under control.

Maggie and Ruth made the whole day fun and entertaining, not forgetting full of chocolate.