Revealing The Hidden Wild 

Simon Wantling - Wildlife & Nature Photographer

A Bit About Me…

Welcome to my website. I am a UK-based professional wildlife photographer with over 15 years experience, dedicated to capturing the natural world and bringing people closer to nature through my images.

Beyond my photography, my focus is on SW Wildlife Monitoring, where I partner with landowners, farmers, and conservation charities, installing camera-equipped nest boxes to reveal the hidden world of native birds of prey. This not only gives people a rare glimpse into their secret lives but also provides crucial data for conservation and highlights the beauty of our often-unseen wildlife.

If you want to support this valuable work, please consider a donation through Buy Me a Coffee. Your contribution directly funds our next nest box build and camera installation, helping us expand this vital project and provide valuable nest sites for some of our rarest birds.

Discover more about my remote nest box monitoring work — Read More..


Latest Updates

  • NEW BLOG - How to Begin in Wildlife Photography

    Over the years, I’ve received a large number of emails from students and aspiring photographers who are passionate about wildlife and keen to understand how to follow a similar path. I’m always grateful for those messages, and I genuinely enjoy encouraging people who care about the natural world.

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  • Tawny Owl Pair

    NEW BLOG - Promising Signs At The Boxes

    Over recent weeks, activity has been building steadily across several sites. Many of the nest boxes are already being visited regularly, with Barn Owls and Tawny Owls both showing strong interest. Seeing birds returning, inspecting boxes suggests that the habitat and locations are working as intended.

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  • A small mammal with the body of a deer and the face of a dog standing in a grassy field.

    Chinese Water Deer

    From time to time, nature shows just how unpredictable and rewarding wildlife photography can be. I’d actually visited Holme Fen in the hope of spotting owls, but encountering the Chinese water deer, proved a fitting and rewarding end to the day.


My Woodland Hide

Join me as I take you take you along for a trip to my woodland hide on a foggy morning

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Golden Plover within the grass on the North Pennines

Featured Blog

Photographing Golden Plover on the North Pennine Moors – a behind-the-lens look at these elusive upland birds and the wild landscape they call home.

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Wildlife Through My Lens

Here you’ll find three of my featured galleries. To explore more of my work, simply use the Galleries link above.

Owls & Raptors

Silent hunters and masters of the skies

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Farmland Mammals

Mammals of the UK countryside.

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Latest Images

A window into my most recent images

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