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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.
African openbill feeding on a mollusc  in the Chobe River open-billed stork,Animalia Chordata Aves Ciconiiformes Ciconiidae,Anastomus lamelligerus,African openbill,wader,long legs,long legged,wetland,coastal,stork,bird,birds,birdlife,avian,aves,bill,wading,s
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African openbill feeding on a mollusc in the Chobe River
Grey-headed kingfisher perching on a branch in mid-summer Natal spurfowl,Natal francolin,Animalia,Chordata,Aves,Galliformes,Phasianidae,Pternistis natalensis,fowl,game,francolin,bill,eye,close up,shallow focus,plumage,pattern,brown,bird,birds,birdlife,Grey-h
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Grey-headed kingfisher perching on a branch in mid-summer
Cattle egret walking in front of a herd of African elephants egret,wading,wader,long legs,long legged,wetland,coastal,bird,birds,birdlife,avian,aves,Africa,elephant,African elephant,mastodon,mastodons,mammoth,Cattle egret,Bubulcus ibis,Ciconiiformes,Herons Ibis
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Cattle egret walking in front of a herd of African elephants
Greater flamingos standing and preening in water pink,wader,wading,flamingo,flamingos,neck,long neck,storks,shallow focus,lake,ponds and lakes,water,wetland,long legs,long legged,flock,flamboyance,Greater flamingo,Phoenicopterus roseus,Ciconiiformes
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Greater flamingos standing and preening in water
A male lesser masked weaver building a nest White-faced duck,duck,waterfowl,bird,birds,flying,in-flight,flight,ducks,wetland,water,birdlife,White-faced whistling duck,Dendrocygna viduata
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A male lesser masked weaver building a nest
A hoopoe rests on a branch in evening light hoopoe,perch,perching,perched,orange,patterned,pattern,bill,crest,shallow focus,bird,birds,birdlife,avian,tree,Eurasian,Eurasian hoopoe,Upupa epops,Upupiformes,Upupidae,Hoopoe,Aves,Birds,Coraciiformes
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A hoopoe rests on a branch in evening light
A Marico flycatcher perching in an acacia tree savannah,savanna,Africa,fence,anti-predator fence,perimeter,park,reserve,boundary,conservation,monitoring,tracks,warden,human,wild dog,hunting dog,African hunting dog,canine,hunter,predator,carnivore,
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A Marico flycatcher perching in an acacia tree
A researcher using radio telemetry equipment to track African wild dogs Wood ibis,stork,storks,bill,yellow,shallow focus,close up,bird,water,wader,birds,birdlife,Yellow-billed stork,Mycteria ibis,African wild dog,Lycaon pictus,Carnivores,Carnivora,Mammalia,Mammals,Chordat
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A researcher using radio telemetry equipment to track African wild dogs
A male lesser masked weaver flying into its nest male,yellow,flying,fly,flight,wings,wing,winged,wingspan,aerial,nest,nesting,nest building,display,home,action,colour,shallow focus,Animalia,Chordata,Aves,Passeriformes,Ploceidae,Ploceus intermedius,L
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A male lesser masked weaver flying into its nest
Two little bee-eaters perching on a branch perch,perched,perching,sitting,birds,bird,colour,colourful,bee eater,green background,shallow focus,twig,branch,pretty,pair,couple,duo,negative space,birdlife,Little bee-eater,Merops pusillus,Little B
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Two little bee-eaters perching on a branch
A malachite kingfisher perching on reeds perch,perched,perching,sitting,bird,colour,colourful,kingfisher,king fisher,shallow focus,twig,branch,pretty,plumage,bill,birds,birdlife,Malachite kingfisher,Corythornis cristatus
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A malachite kingfisher perching on reeds
A male lesser masked weaver flying into its nest male,yellow,flying,fly,flight,wings,wing,winged,wingspan,aerial,nest,nesting,nest building,display,home,action,colour,shallow focus,Aves,Passeriformes,Ploceidae,Ploceus intermedius,Lesser masked weave
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A male lesser masked weaver flying into its nest