Mark Carwardine & Stephen Fry: 'Last Chance to See'

Did you see the TV series in 2009, ‘Last Chance to See’ with zoologist Mark Carwardine and presenter Stephen Fry?  It was a wonderful series with many magical moments and quite literally the last chance to see many of the species filmed unless conservation programmes can help them from becoming extinct - such as the Northern white rhino.

For Mark Carwardine, the chance to photograph the rare Kakapo on a special conservation island was too good an opportunity to miss and if you haven’t yet seen the programme then take a look at the short 3 minute clip on the following link:  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004m51b

But moving on … Mark is giving a workshop  at the Wildlife & Wetlands Trust, Martin Mere on photographing wildlife.  There are 2 one-day workshops on  Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 May and you can take a look at the following link for more information.  At £140 for the day, the session isn’t cheap but it is about average for most photography days.  I have attended seminars at Martin Mere on previous occasions and they were very well organised.

http://www.wwt.org.uk/visit-us/martin-mere/things-to-see-and-do/events-calendar/2012/05/12/creative-wildlife-photography-workshops-with-mark-carwardine/

Martin Mere is a good place to visit at any time of the year, both to watch birds and to try your hand at photographing them.