About C & A Wild Images
We are Carol and Alan, the team behind C & A Wild Images.
After almost forty years working in education, retirement has given us more time to pursue our passion for wildlife, nature and photography. Based in Norfolk, we are fortunate to have some of the UK’s finest wildlife habitats on our doorstep. It has also allowed us to explore and photograph wildlife in many parts of the world.
Our interest in photography began during our university years when film photography was the norm. While technology has changed dramatically since then, the challenge remains the same. We aim to capture memorable images of wildlife behaving naturally in the wild.
Today, C & A Wild Images is much more than a collection of photographs. It is a photographic journal of our wildlife encounters, conservation work and travels.
Wildlife Photography and Field Experience
Over the years we have photographed wildlife across Europe, Africa, Asia, North America and South America. Our travels have taken us from the tiger reserves of India and the rainforests of Trinidad to the wetlands of Florida, the forests of Finland, the South Luangwa Valley in Zambia and the jaguar-rich waterways of Brazil’s Pantanal.
Successful wildlife photography requires patience, observation and an understanding of animal behaviour. Many of our most rewarding images have come after hours, and sometimes days, spent observing wildlife in its natural environment.
Conservation and Beaver Monitoring
A significant part of our work is our involvement with the beaver reintroduction project at Sculthorpe Moor Nature Reserve in Norfolk.
For several years we have volunteered as members of the monitoring team. We help observe and record the behaviour and development of a reintroduced beaver family. Through field observations, trail camera monitoring and photographic documentation, we have witnessed the family’s growth, the construction of lodges and dams, and the remarkable impact these animals have had on the surrounding habitat.
Our photographs, videos and written reports have helped document the project’s progress and highlight the wider biodiversity benefits that beavers bring to wetland ecosystems.
Publications and Recognition
We are always pleased when our images help to promote wildlife and conservation.
Our photographs have appeared in books, magazines, newspapers and online publications. Highlights include the book Jaguars of the Northern Pantanal: Panthera onca at the Meeting of the Waters, national newspapers such as The Times, a range of regional magazines, and BBC Countryfile, where our images featured in the Sunday evening programme in 2022. Our photographs documenting the beaver project at Sculthorpe Moor have also appeared in local and regional publications.
Not every subject has been wild, either. Old Glory magazine has featured two of our photographs taken on wildlife trips, of vintage locomotives in Costa Rica, photographed on the way to the Osa Peninsula (August 2020), and another in Satpura Tiger Reserve in India (December 2020).
We are also delighted that professional wildlife artists have used some of our photographs as inspiration for their paintings, a lovely example of how wildlife photography can spark creativity across different art forms.
Through this website and our social media channels, we continue to share wildlife stories, travel experiences and conservation projects with a wider audience.
Our Approach
Ethical wildlife photography is central to our approach, and we always place the welfare of wildlife above obtaining a photograph. Our aim is to capture authentic moments without disturbing natural behaviour. Photography can also play an important role in promoting appreciation, understanding and conservation of the natural world.
Whether we are watching beavers on a Norfolk summer evening, photographing pelicans on Lake Kerkini, searching for lynx in Spain or exploring the rivers of the Pantanal in search of jaguars, our goal remains the same. We want to share the beauty, behaviour and diversity of wildlife through photography and storytelling.
