I’ve been taking photographs of wildlife for around 15 years and my only regret is that I didn’t start earlier. My wife and I took a trip to the Galapagos Islands in 2009 with my trusty second-hand Minolta and medium telephoto lens and I was hooked. We now spend most of our holidays on new and interesting nature trips or combining ‘normal’ holidays with any opportunity to add to our wildlife experiences. I’ll photograph just about anything in the natural world and I’m just as fascinated by leaf-cutter ants as I am by elephants and polar bears.
Have a look around my site and pop something in the ‘search’ box if you are interested in something special. Click to enter a slide show from any of the thumbnails and click again to enlarge the image.
I write a nature blog with some random thoughts about the natural world which is published on the ‘Ray’s blog’ page of my site.
If you would like to purchase any image, please feel free to contact me at raybrownuk@yahoo.co.uk and I will send a high-resolution file. I normally accept a donation for the use of my images to support a local charity of my choice,
I live in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire and conduct photographic presentations to a wide variety of groups, both private and public, my fee being donated to charity. My current subjects are:
Florida – wildlife Heaven – one of the best places in the world to get up close and personal to wildlife, visiting Sanibel Island’s beaches and reserves, Sarasota’s Celery Fields and the Myakka River State Park. See America’s giant alligators in action, the magnificent osprey and bald eagle, the beautiful painted bunting and much more.
Desert and Delta (Namibia and Botswana) – wild dogs, leopards, huge birds of prey, butterflies and the beetles of Namibia’s desert with an amazing technique for collecting drinking water.
Cortez to California – from the biggest animal that ever lived, the massive blue whale, grey (friendly) whales that come to say, ‘Hello’, flying mobula rays and breaching humpbacks of the Sea of Cortez and Baja’s peninsula, to the tiny hummingbirds of California. An amazing mix of intriguing wildlife.
AYorkshire Mixture – a selection of images from the sea-birds of Bempton Cliffs to the red squirrels of Snaizeholme, and, of course, the badgers, foxes and owls from our own back garden. A (very popular) lesson in why you don’t, necessarily, have to travel overseas to get some great wildlife.
Taking Nature – a selection of some of my favourite images of animals, birds, reptiles and insects, illustrating their journey through life with their ultimate aim of survival and reproduction. See hummingbirds, kingfishers, owls and ospreys, portraits and action – and there’s a story with each one.
Penguins and Pinnipeds, an expedition to Antarctica, South Georgia, and the Falkland Islands with its whales, penguins, albatrosses and a little of Shackleton’s amazing story, ‘SOUTH’.
Land of the Tiger – an introduction to the butterflies, birds and mammals of four of Central India’s best reserves including, of course, the Royal Bengal tigers.
The Western Isles – Some of Scotland’s landscapes and wildlife from Mull, South Uist, the Shiants, Arran and the Small Isles. See white-tailed eagles, Atlantic puffins, otters, short-eared owls, dolphins and the mating antics of red-breasted mergansers.
God’s amazing creatures – A shorter illustrated talk suitable for all ages which shows some of the wonders of nature, large and small.
Africa in Raw, a brand new presentation for 2023, not for the faint-hearted. South Africa and Zambia’s wild animals portrayed in stills and video clips, behaving just as nature intended.
Birds of prey, For the enthusiast who loves birds of prey (who doesn’t?). White-tailed and bald eagles, fish eagles, serpent eagles, harriers, kites and hawks, owls from home and abroad, one with pink eyelids and even those that fish.
Not just jaguars, The Brazilian Pantanal, the biggest wetland in the world with its jaguars, ocelot, caiman, giant ant-eaters, giant river otters, a host of birds including the biggest stork in the world, and a great white egret that thinks he’s a kingfisher!
The Art of Living Together, featuring keystone species and symbiosis, how the behaviour of some animals impacts beneficially or adversely on others – learn about ecosystem engineers, fish that hitch a ride, nectar thieves, brood parasites, the benefits of elephant dung to a host of other creatures and why African wild dogs are so successful.
All at sea – Our seas and oceans are largely unexplored but are teeming with life. Take a dip into the world of birds that call the ocean their home, whales and dolphins including the biggest animal that ever lived, polar bears that are just as much at home in the water as they are on land, and a shark that doesn’t think about having a family until it is 150 years old!
My outstanding presentations for 2025/26 are as follows:
7 July 2026 – Silsden Catholic Church – ‘God’s amazing creatures’
12 August 2026 – West Riding Lady driver’s club -‘A Yorkshire mixture’
2 September 2026 – Shepley Bird and Wildlife – ‘Taking Nature’
8 September 2026 – Huddersfield birdwatchers- ‘The birds and beasts of Sri Lanka’
9 September 2026 – Phoenix ladies, Holmfirth – ‘All at Sea’
10 September 2026 – Fixby gardening club ` ‘A Yorkshire Mixture’
16 September 2026 – Huddersfield RSPB – ‘The art of living together’
17 September 2026 – Parkinson’s, Huddersfield – ‘God’s Amazing Creatures’
15 October 2026 – Bradley Court, Huddersfield – ‘A Yorkshire Mixture’
