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Neil Aldridge is a conservationist and award-winning photographer. He is also a lecturer in Marine and Natural History Photography at Falmouth University, a published author, a professional wildlife guide and a trustee of the charities Animals Saving Animals and Poaching Prevention.

His photography has won awards all over the world, including the overall title of European Wildlife Photographer of the Year and the NPPA's Best of Photojournalism award for environmental storytelling. His work has featured amongst the winners of the coveted World Press and Wildlife Photographer of the Year contests, and he has twice been a winner of British Wildlife Photography Awards.

In 2017 he became a trustee of Poaching Prevention, a charity that works to prevent poaching of rhinos, elephants and other endangered species, through the provision of technology, equipment and specialist training. In 2018, Neil became a trustee of Animals Saving Animals. The charity trains dogs to carry out vital security and anti-poaching work around the world, with enormous success.
A little bee-eater perching on a branch overhanging reed beds perch,perched,perching,sitting,bird,colour,colourful,bee eater,green background,shallow focus,twig,branch,pretty,negative space,birds,birdlife,Little bee-eater,Merops pusillus,Little Bee-eater,Coracii
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A little bee-eater perching on a branch overhanging reed beds
A male ostrich lying down in mid-afternoon light bird,neck,savanna,savannah,flightless bird,scrubland,shrub,green background,peekaboo,birds,birdlife,Ostrich,Struthio camelus,Ostriches,Struthionidae,Aves,Birds,Struthioniformes,Chordates,Chordata,Comm
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A male ostrich lying down in mid-afternoon light
A male ostrich standing on the open plains of the Kalahari Desert bird,neck,shallow focus,savanna,savannah,flightless bird,feathers,plumage,torso,round,head,profile,birds,birdlife,looking at camera,Ostrich,Struthio camelus,Ostriches,Struthionidae,Aves,Birds,Struthio
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A male ostrich standing on the open plains of the Kalahari Desert
A pair of white-fronted bee-eaters perching on a fallen branch of an acacia tree perch,perched,perching,sitting,bird,colour,colourful,bee eater,shallow focus,twig,branch,pretty,pair,duo,birds,birdlife,White-fronted bee-eater,Merops bullockoides,Bee-eaters,Meropidae,Aves,Birds,Cora
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A pair of white-fronted bee-eaters perching on a fallen branch of an acacia tree
A researcher reading the tracks of free-roaming African Wild Dogs along a farmland border Marico flycatcher,perch,perched,perching,sitting,bird,thorns,thorn bush,thornbush,shallow focus,twig,branch,little,Animalia,Chordata,Aves,Passeriformes,Muscicapidae,Bradornis mariquensis,birds,birdlif
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A researcher reading the tracks of free-roaming African Wild Dogs along a farmland border
A white stork standing in grassland wild dog,hunting dog,African hunting dog,Africa,conservation,teacher,warden,human,education,learning,African wild dog,Lycaon pictus,White stork,Ciconia ciconia,Chordates,Chordata,Storks,Ciconiidae,Cic
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A white stork standing in grassland
A male ostrich feeding on the plains bird,neck,shallow focus,savanna,savannah,flightless bird,Ostrich,Struthio camelus,Ostriches,Struthionidae,Aves,Birds,Struthioniformes,Chordates,Chordata,Common ostrich,Autruche,camelus,Animalia,Omnivo
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A male ostrich feeding on the plains
A researcher reading the tracks of free-roaming African Wild Dogs along a farmland border savannah,savanna,Africa,fence,anti-predator fence,perimeter,park,reserve,boundary,conservation,monitoring,tracks,warden,human,African wild dog,Lycaon pictus,Carnivores,Carnivora,Mammalia,Mammals,Chord
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A researcher reading the tracks of free-roaming African Wild Dogs along a farmland border
A red-billed hornbill foraging on the ground hornbill,bill,bird,savanna,savannah,Africa,ground,grumpy,birds,birdlife,Red-billed hornbill,Tockus erythrorhynchus
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A red-billed hornbill foraging on the ground
Portrait of a yellow-billed stork or wood ibis fishing in the shallows of the Chobe River Wood ibis,stork,storks,bill,yellow,shallow focus,close up,bird,water,wader,birds,birdlife,Yellow-billed stork,Mycteria ibis,Aves,Birds,Chordates,Chordata,Ciconiiformes,Herons Ibises Storks and Vulture
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Portrait of a yellow-billed stork or wood ibis fishing in the shallows of the Chobe River
Community officer sharing information on African wild dogs canine,jackal,carnivore,scavenger,predator,Africa,savanna,savannah,grass,grassland,meadow,shallow focus,face,yawn,tired,dogs,wild dogs,canid,canids,Black-backed jackal,Canis mesomelas,African wild dog
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Community officer sharing information on African wild dogs
A researcher using a radio to relay the position of an African Wild Dog pack from inside a Land Rover wild dog,hunting dog,African hunting dog,canine,savannah,savanna,hunter,predator,carnivore,Africa,tired,yawn,teeth,jaw,mouth,African wild dog,Lycaon pictus,Carnivores,Carnivora,Mammalia,Mammals,Chorda
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A researcher using a radio to relay the position of an African Wild Dog pack from inside a Land Rover