EDITOR'S CHOICE 

The very best new stuff for wildlife movers and groovers.

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BPOTY Competition: Bird Photographer of the Year 2021 winners​

'Yellow-billed Oxpecker with Cape Buffalo' by Barbara Fleming

With over 22,000 images entered into the competition this year, Bird Photographer of the Year recently announced the winners of this prestigious contest. Celebrating bird life from around the world, these images comprise some of the most incredible bird photos in the world taken by talented photographers.​​

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 LATEST NEWS & REVIEWS

The latest news from the natural world and reviews from wildlife tribes.

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Review: Lowepro PhotoSport Outdoor Backpack BP 15L AW III

Recently we were sent the new, third-generation PhotoSport Backpack from Lowepro for review.

Designed and produced mainly to cater for outdoors and wildlife photographers who are looking for the perfect lightweight camera backpack for daily hiking and adventure travel - the new generation promised to be lightweight, weather-resistant and for the first time, made from 75% recycled fabrics and materials. We took a closer look to see if the small, 15L version was also ideal for a long canal hike...​​​

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Conservation: wildlife friendly farm celebrates raising £2 million for wildlife conservation

​A wildlife friendly farm, which grows wild bird seed, and 100 acres of sunflowers, has celebrated raising £2 million for wildlife conservation.​​

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In your garden: did you get a lockdown frog in your pond?

​Garden ponds are likely to be a very important resource for Common Frogs, providing them with somewhere to lay their spawn and for their tadpoles to develop into the next generation.​​

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New gear: Lowepro continues their legacy of innovation with new green line label collection made from 75% recycled fabrics

​Lowepro, a company with a 50-year reputation of creating protective gear-carrying solutions for adventure photographers, content creators, explorers and wildlife enthusiasts have taken their first steps toward sustainable products with the introduction of their green line label.​​

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​​Watch: a new short film called 'The fox and the allotment'

​In the heart of Edinburgh, a fox family has found a quiet sanctuary in a beautiful allotment. Living in harmony with the close-knit allotment community, these foxes live a carefree wild city life.​​

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Wildlife art: Louise Miller creates limited edition prints to help lemurs ​

​Whilst most of us will recognise Madagascar’s famous ring tailed lemurs, it’s one of the island’s lesser known species that is the subject for this limited edition print by famous artist, Louise Miller.​​

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Challenges: 30 Days Wild to return this June

​TV stars and wildlife superfans are calling on the nation to enjoy the benefits of daily contact with nature this June by taking part in the UK’s most popular annual nature challenge, 30 Days Wild, from The Wildlife Trusts.​​

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Volunteers: wanted for innovative Scottish mountain hare survey

​Volunteers are wanted for the first on-the-ground national survey to shed light on distribution and numbers of Scottish mountain hares.​​

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Tech: 'Smart' nest box to launch kickstarter campaign

​An innovative ‘smart’ nest box that sends notifications, records footage and live streams to social media is about to be launched on the Kickstarter platform.​​

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Learning: new online tool opens up the World of bats and small mammals

A new online tool, just launched by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO), opens up the previously hidden world of bats, bush-crickets, and small mammals.​​

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New gear: SWAROVSKI OPTIK release fresh CL compact binoculars for those looking to travel light

SWAROVSKI OPTIK launched their first compact binoculars way back in 1989, roughly the same time as Steven Spielberg was finishing Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (yes - we feel old too.) They have since become some of the company’s most popular products and evolved into the ideal companions for a wide range of activities. Now SWAROVSKI OPTIK has given the popular CL Pocket a whole new look.

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Digiscoping and phonescoping: learn how to do it...

Many of you will have invested in new equipment to enjoy your existing or maybe, new, hobby of wildlife watching and will be thinking what to do when it comes to things like Digiscoping or Phonescoping for example. Thus, making sure you are recording memories of all the amazing sights and sounds you are witnessing. Here are a few pointers...

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New gear: SWAROVSKI OPTIK launches their new accessories collection 

SWAROVSKI OPTIK have launched a diverse accessory range to compliment their leading long-range optics. The GEAR collection boasts products which include well-designed backpacks, gloves, beanies, flasks and other accessories - ideal for wildlife watching in the cold months ahead. ​

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Funding: the Wildlife Trusts are to receive nearly £2m to restore land for nature and tackle climate change

Beavers, birds and butterflies are to benefit from almost £2 million of Postcode Lottery funding meaning The Wildlife Trusts across England, Scotland and Wales will be able to harness the power of nature to fight climate change.

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Photography: Chris Fallows speaks to Wildlife24/7 about his love of the ocean and white sharks

Renowned Fine Art Wildlife Photographer and friend of Wildlife24/7 Chris Fallows' magnificent images of Great White Sharks have been leaving audiences open-mouthed recently.

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New gear: SWAROVSKI OPTIK announces largest objective module ever made 

SWAROVSKI OPTIK has unveiled its new brand new 115-mm objective module, making it the largest of its kind for wildlife watching.​

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Watch: new film from Sir David Attenborough raises awareness of wildlife decline

Sir David Attenborough has made a short film to provide answers to the State of Nature partnership’s latest warnings of continued, devastating wildlife declines in the UK.

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Recovery: one of Britain's rarest mammals returns to Forest of Dean

Once a familiar feature of the woodlands in England, the pine marten stood on the brink of extinction – until now; following the successful release of 18 pine mine martens into the Forest of Dean.

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Warnings: UK government considering badger cull in new areas

The government is due to announce a new round of badger culls in England and is considering new cull areas where they have been paying for successful badger vaccination programmes. ​

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Conservation: Swifts are in need of our help as numbers halve in just 20 years

Admittedly this isn’t usually the time of year we think about swifts. Right now they’ll be thousands of miles away, south of the Sahara, zipping through the African skies. But right now, they also need our help. ​

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​Funding: major project to safeguard Orkney’s internationally important native wildlife wins National Lottery support

An ambitious project to safeguard Orkney’s world-renowned and internationally important native wildlife has been given the go ahead after receiving support from the National Lottery and the EU’s LIFE programme.​

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Rarity: endangered beetle hides out at WWT Welney

The Tansy beetle was thought to exist at just two sites in the UK, but has now been recorded for the first time in Norfolk, at the Welney Wetland Centre. 

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