David Attenborough’s Wild London is airing January 1st 2026 at 18:30. In June I filmed a family of peregrine falcons nesting on top of the Houses of Parliament. We were there to capture the fledging of this years brood.
Mammals – bobcat
May 14, 2024
Had a great time over the Christmas/New Year period of 2023 filming a female bobcat hiding in plain sight in the rainforests of Washington State. It was a privilege to spend time with her fishing for salmon during the salmon run, a behaviour never before filmed.
Mammals (2024) is on iPlayer now.
Planet Earth III – ostriches
November 1, 2023
The first sequence I filmed for on Planet Earth III was about the hard work of being an ostrich parent. Working with director Tom Greenhalgh and filming with cameraman Ian Llewellyn we saw what the pair go through to ensure the survival of their eggs in a very harsh environment.
Namibia was such a beautiful country and was blessed with some of the best light I’ve ever seen. I guess all the dust coming off the desert plays a big part in the incredible sunsets. Here are a few photos I took on my Pentax 67 on 120mm Kodak Portra 400.
The stargazing was also unparalleled with such an incredible milky way, and quiver trees all round to frame the sky.
The Deserts and Grasslands episode of PEIII is out 5th November 2023 at 6.15pm.
Dynasties II – Macaques
December 30, 2022
Macaques – Monkeys in the Mountains is airing on BBC1 Friday December 30th. I spent four months following Mac and his troop round the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. With an amazing team we captured a fascinating power struggle within the group after the loss of the alpha male which unfolded over the course of the year.
BBC Edens
September 20, 2021
Had a great trip with a great BBC team to the jungles of Danum Valley in Borneo last year. Filming for the Borneo episode of Edens: Untamed Planet for BBC America, we went out to record insects, orangutans, and general jungle life in an incredibly special place that is one of my favourite places I’ve filmed. With Justine Evans on the ropes filming from a tree platform high in the canopy I was following orangutans from the ground all the while looking for interesting insects to film.
The guys we were working with told us about an insect that used latex from tree wounds. When we got to the tree we found an assassin bug (Amulius sp., family Reduviidae) that was wrapping latex around its front legs. As we watched the female over the next couple of weeks we saw it using its sticky front legs to catch termites, duel with a male, and dab it on her rear to facilitate some sort of mating. An amazing variety of tool use by an insect!
We followed a female orangutan and her young baby each day, the youngster was old enough to explore by itself and was fun to watch messing around (and probably learning a lot too) in the trees.
Edens: Untamed Planet is out on BBC America now.