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Highland Perthshire Wildlife Festival
www.wildconnections.org.uk
A new wildlife festival, designed to showcase Highland Perthshires potential as a wildlife
tourism destination, will launch this Autumn from 9th 17th October, offering over 30 events to
wildlife enthusiasts in its first year.
This year, the range of events on offer are strongly slanted towards to showcasing the areas
mammals, with badgers, red squirrels, wild cats, pine martens, bats and red deer playing
starring roles in many of the activities.
Raptor watchers will not be disappointed with a series of specialist walks led by members of the
Tayside Raptor Study Group taking place throughout the week.
For those wildlife photography enthusiasts, award winning photographer Peter Cairns will be
leading master classes during the festival as well as sharing his adventures as a wildlife
photographer in a talk entitled New Frontiers. Set against a backdrop of spectacular imagery,
Peter reveals not only some of the most memorable encounters from ten years as a
professional wildlife and conservation photographer, but how those encounters have shaped
his thoughts about our own, changing relationship with the natural world. From photographing
birds in his own back garden, to his adventures with Wild Wonders of Europe, the world's
largest photographic initiative.
Adrian Davis, a wildlife tourism specialist and the driving force behind the festival, has been
working tirelessly over the last two years to bring together a strong group of wildlife
organisations to mount the 9 days of events. His efforts have paid off and the festival is
supported by an entire cavalcade of wildlife enthusiasts including WWF Scotland, Scottish
Wildlife Trust, Wild Scotland, Wild Outdoors, Perthshire Big Tree Country, Forestry Commission
Scotland, Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust and Perth & Kinross Council.
To enable the festival to develop, it has secured funding from a number of sources including
LEADER Rural Tayside, The Onaway Trust, Forestry Commission, Perth & Kinross Council, and
Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust.
Adrian Davis, commented We are very excited about launching the festival this Autumn. We
have a rich tapestry of wildlife in Highland Perthshire which is especially prevalent at this time
of year and with the market for wildlife tourism clearly growing, we have a tremendous
opportunity to demonstrate to people the wild beauty of visiting Highland Perthshire, not just
in the Autumn but throughout the year. We want to ensure Wild Connections becomes a
destination event in every wildlife lovers calendar.
For further information on the festival and the series of events on offer visit
www.wildconnections.org.uk
Highland Perthshire Wildlife Festival
www.wildconnections.org.uk
A new wildlife festival, designed to showcase Highland Perthshires potential as a wildlife
tourism destination, will launch this Autumn from 9th 17th October, offering over 30 events to
wildlife enthusiasts in its first year.
This year, the range of events on offer are strongly slanted towards to showcasing the areas
mammals, with badgers, red squirrels, wild cats, pine martens, bats and red deer playing
starring roles in many of the activities.
Raptor watchers will not be disappointed with a series of specialist walks led by members of the
Tayside Raptor Study Group taking place throughout the week.
For those wildlife photography enthusiasts, award winning photographer Peter Cairns will be
leading master classes during the festival as well as sharing his adventures as a wildlife
photographer in a talk entitled New Frontiers. Set against a backdrop of spectacular imagery,
Peter reveals not only some of the most memorable encounters from ten years as a
professional wildlife and conservation photographer, but how those encounters have shaped
his thoughts about our own, changing relationship with the natural world. From photographing
birds in his own back garden, to his adventures with Wild Wonders of Europe, the world's
largest photographic initiative.
Adrian Davis, a wildlife tourism specialist and the driving force behind the festival, has been
working tirelessly over the last two years to bring together a strong group of wildlife
organisations to mount the 9 days of events. His efforts have paid off and the festival is
supported by an entire cavalcade of wildlife enthusiasts including WWF Scotland, Scottish
Wildlife Trust, Wild Scotland, Wild Outdoors, Perthshire Big Tree Country, Forestry Commission
Scotland, Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust and Perth & Kinross Council.
To enable the festival to develop, it has secured funding from a number of sources including
LEADER Rural Tayside, The Onaway Trust, Forestry Commission, Perth & Kinross Council, and
Perth & Kinross Countryside Trust.
Adrian Davis, commented We are very excited about launching the festival this Autumn. We
have a rich tapestry of wildlife in Highland Perthshire which is especially prevalent at this time
of year and with the market for wildlife tourism clearly growing, we have a tremendous
opportunity to demonstrate to people the wild beauty of visiting Highland Perthshire, not just
in the Autumn but throughout the year. We want to ensure Wild Connections becomes a
destination event in every wildlife lovers calendar.
For further information on the festival and the series of events on offer visit
www.wildconnections.org.uk
