Westcountry Wildlife Photography Centre

WestCountry

Centre

Welcome to the Westcountry Wildlife Photography Centre

The centre was established in 2009 by the naturalist Derek Gow and is

an utterly unique facility. Based on his experience of enclosure design

for the New Forest Nature Quest project and the Wildwood Centre near

Canterbury Derek has drawn on over 16 years of experience with

wildlife film makers and photographers to create a series of purpose

built photographic and film sets for British Mammals. A splendid

collection of captive mammals has already been resourced for the

project and this will be further developed in time to afford an unparralled

opportunity to film or photograph the broadest range of subjects with

relative ease.

The centre is set in the beautiful landscape of the River Tamar valley

near the border town of Launceston. Natural wildlife is abundant in the

region with well established populations of red and roe deer, badgers,

foxes and otters. Barn owls and ravens are common together with a

range of smaller bird species such as meadow pipits, goldfinches,

linnets and yellowhammers. There is a broad butterfly compliment and

the ancient hedge banks in spring offer delightful displays of wildflowers.

As well as this stunning natural scenery there are excellent pubs offering

a good range of real Ales and locally sourced food. There is a wide

variety of local accommodation available from homely farmhouse bed

and breakfasts to high quality hotels or idyllic caravan sites.

The main photography site has a barbeque facility on site for evening

parties which can be supplied with a selection of locally sourced

burgers, chops and sausages. All our days are accompanied by a

trained animal handler. A wildlife photography expert is available to tutor

groups on request. For details of our current rates and facilities please