At Leica, we are proud to work with award-winning wildlife photographers, naturalists and broadcasters from all over the world to showcase their exceptional contributions to conservation and nature.
David Lindo
David Lindo, also known as The Urban Birder, is a broadcaster, writer, naturalist, photographer, public speaker, tour leader and he’s also been known to do the odd bit of birding! His main passion is for urban birds and dedicates the majority of his time promoting the appreciation and conservation of the birds that share our city lives.
David was recently named as the 7th most influential person in wildlife by BBC Wildlife Magazine and in 2020 was shortlisted for the Professional Publishers Association (PPA) Columnist of the Year Award.
He is a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Writers and a member of the British Travel Writers Guild. He is the Founder of the Tower 42 Bird Study Group and Britain’s Vote National Bird Campaign in 2015 that resulted in over 226,000 votes.
David uses the Noctivid 10x42, APO-Televid 82mm scope and SL with 90-280mm lens.
Find out more about David on his website: theurbanbirderworld.com
Iolo Williams
Iolo Williams is a Welsh naturalist, broadcaster, public speaker and writer who’s worked in conservation for over 30 years. He is most widely known as a popular member of the Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch presenting team and for presenting series such as Wild Wales, Rugged Wales and Great Welsh Parks for BBC 2.
Iolo was born and brought up in mid-Wales. After graduating he went on to work for the RSPB for almost 15 years as Species Officer for Wales, a job he loved as he worked with some of the country’s rarest breeding birds. In the late 1990s Iolo left the Society to work full-time in the media.
Iolo has written several books on Welsh wildlife in both English and Welsh and he is a regular contributor to several magazines, including ‘BBC Wildlife’. In his spare time, Iolo contributes to wildlife surveys in Wales and enjoys tour guiding throughout the UK and in other countries. He’s a patron of several Welsh conservation organisations and is currently president of the Welsh Ornithological Society.
Iolo uses the Noctivid 10x42 and the APO-Televid.
Find out more about Iolo on his website: iolowilliams.co.uk
Lizzie Daly
Lizzie Daly is a Welsh wildlife biologist, broadcaster, filmmaker and conservationist. She has worked as a presenter on Cbeebies, CBBC, National Geographic, BBC Two, Animal Planet and is now a host on the BBC Earth Unplugged YouTube channel. In 2018 Lizzie hosted the renowned Panda awards at WildScreen.
In 2016 Lizzie graduated from University of Exeter with a BSc in Animal Behaviour and went straight onto Bristol University to study an MSc in Biological Sciences studying electroreception in arthropods. Lizzie is also very proud to be an academic teaching and outreach fellow at Swansea University. Lizzie is currently studying for her PhD in elephant/human conflict.
Lizzie is a conservationist with a fierce passion to care for our oceans and protect our wild spaces. She is an ambassador for the Marine Conservation Society, the Jane Goodall Institute UK, the Norwich Science Festival and she is the first-ever female patron of ORCA.
Lizzie Daly uses the Ultravid 8x42 HD-Plus
Find out more about Lizzie on her YouTube channel @LizzieDalyWildlifeTV or view her website at www.lizziedaly.com
Luke Massey
Luke Massey is a multi-award winning wildlife photographer and cameraman. He won the ‘Man & Nature’ category at the Nature Photographer of the Year Awards 2019. He was awarded the winner of the Wildscreen Emerging Talent Photo Story Panda Award in 2018. He has been awarded in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year twice, to name a few of his photography accolades. As a cameraman, Luke has just completed his first feature film ‘The Last Song of the Nightingale’. Luke was also part of Chris Packham’s Green Ribbon Award winning team in 2015.
Luke is a passionate naturalist and combined with his eagle eye for spotting wildlife these key ingredients allow for the creation of spectacular videography and photography.
Luke uses the Noctivid 10x42 and the APO-Televid 82.
Find out more about Luke on his website: www.lmasseyimages.com
Alan and Ruth
Alan and Ruth are a unique birding couple who love nothing better than sharing exciting birds with other people. The pair met when they were both employed by the RSPB in its important work for bird conservation.
In 2008, they gave up their jobs and spent the whole year travelling the world birding. They called this year The Biggest Twitch and they recorded 4,341 species, that’s nearly half the world’s birds! They set a new world record for the highest number of birds seen in a single year and Ruth is still the female world record holder. They now run a successful company called Birdwatching Trips where they lead tours in the UK and across the world.
Both use the Noctivid 8x42, the APO-Televid 65 and the APO-Televid 82.
Find out more about Ruth & Alan on their website: www.birdwatchingtrips.co.uk
Mya Bambrick
Mya Bambrick is a young naturalist, writer, wildlife photographer, and vlogger who grew up in Crawley, West Sussex. She is currently a student at Bournemouth University studying an ecology and wildlife conservation degree.
She's had a love for wildlife since the age of eight, inspired by watching BBC Springwatch when she was a child. Now she dedicates her spare time to conservation and youth engagement with nature. She does this through roles including being a youth representative for the British Trust for Ornithology, council member for Sussex Ornithological Society and Christchurch Harbour Ornithological Group, ambassador for BTO's Garden Birdwatch Survey, and trainee bird ringer. She won the Sussex Wildlife Trust's David Streeter Award in 2020.
Writing about her experiences with nature is a great passion and she's written many articles for magazines including Birdwatching Magazine, RSPB's Wingbeat and more recently for the Guardian's Country Diary. She featured in a short Guardian and Jessica Bishopp documentary about two young birdwatchers during the biodiversity crisis named 'Skyward.'