UK wildlife photographers rally to spotlight habitat loss

Some of the UK’s prime wildlife photographers have come collectively to spotlight the dwindling of habitats wanted to assist wildlife.

A e-book containing dozens of photographs has been produced as a “manifesto to what is at stake,” stated Irene Amiet, who heads the Wilder Britain venture.

“We can only feel nature’s losses if we know what we stand to lose,” she added.

Photographers “continuously observe the changes in our local landscapes and how wildlife numbers keep diminishing,” she stated.

The photographer, who lives within the Ribble Valley in Lancashire, stated she had been specializing in her native owl inhabitants, which had “decreased rapidly” following final yr’s chilly winter.

“You can’t take anything for granted,” she added, “one minute you think you have a healthy population but then everything can change”.

More than 60 photographers had donated photographs for the e-book, with all income going to the Rewilding Britain organisation, she defined.

Across the nation habitats are quickly disappearing as a result of “expanding towns and construction,” stated Worcestershire photographer Sarah Drury.

“Each lost piece takes with it irreplaceable biodiversity and a little of our shared natural world,” she added.

“Yet through local conservation efforts and community awareness, there remains hope to restore habitats before they’re gone forever.”

Staffordshire-based Andrew Mason stated he had witnessed a “worrying” lower in wildlife in his native space.

“We’re losing our butterflies, we’re losing our bees, our insects,” he defined.

“We’ve seen a reduction in the birds because the farmers are cutting the hedgerows, taking away their food source for the winter.

“It’s actually fairly upsetting,” he added.

There are some positive conservation efforts going on, he added, “however we actually need to work at this if we stand an opportunity of saving what we have left.”

Shropshire photographer Andrew Fusek Peters said it took several years of searching to find and photograph black darter dragonflies

Their favourite spots to roost include the reed beds on the Long Mynd, in the county.

“Sadly, local weather change and the drying up of the shallow bathroom swimming pools they favour for breeding has seen a precipitous decline of this iconic species,” he stated.

“Dawn is a magical time and in case you are fortunate, you would possibly discover a male and a feminine drenched in dew, glittering like Faberge broaches within the early sunshine,” he added.

“Determined conservation efforts are underway to reverse their destiny.”