Paul Hill
PHOTOGRAPHY
Talks and Lectures Offered
Talks and Lectures Offered
Our talks and lectures include images captured on our travels.
Get to Know Us
Paul and Julia are both keen naturalists and have travelled throughout the UK and beyond photographing birds and other wildlife. They have made several visits to visited Bulgaria, Mallorca, Menorca, Cyprus, Lesvos, Israel, Spain, Portugal, Finland, France, Turkey, Goa, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Gambia, California and Texas; Julia has also birdwatched in Kuwait, Japan and several American states when away on business.
Paul is a regular lecturer to RSPB, Birdwatching and Natural History Groups, and also to Photography Clubs and Societies.
Paul and Julia are members of the Ocean Wildlife Encounters team and provide guest lectures on cruise ships as well as sharing the natural wonders of the world's seas and oceans with passengers on the cruises. Paul has been on cruises to South America, around South and West Africa, to Iceland and Greenland, the Azores, Canary Islands and Madeira, plus shorter UK based cruises. Julia has also been on several of these cruises.
Below are details of the talks and lectures available for the 2027 / 2028 seasons. We look forward to sharing our experiences and images with you.
Visit the Gallery page for some the images from our talks, or click on the coloured circles to access the flickr page.
New Talks
Quest for the Iberian Lynx
Paul and Julia have made two visits to Andalucía in Spain to photograph Iberian Lynx and other wildlife including Common Genet, Beech Marten, Golden Eagle, Bonelli's Eagle, Goshawk and a various woodland birds and migrants. In this talk join us in our quest for Europe's rarest cat.
Dragonflies and Damselflies of Cheshire
In 2025 and 2026 Paul managed to photograph all of Cheshire's regularly occurring dragonfly and damselfly species. In this talk he discusses the species that occur in Cheshire, their habitats and distribution.
Icelandic Birding
In 2025 Paul made three visits to Iceland as a Guest Lecturer for Fred.Olsen Cruise Lines, as part of the Ocean Wildlife Encounters Team. His shore days were spent surrounded by breeding waders, wildfowl and terns. Whilst cruising around Iceland, he was torn between seabirds and cetaceans.
Older Presentations - Still Available!!
ULTIMA FRONTIERA - ULTIMATE BIRDING
In May 2024 Paul and Julia spent a week photographing the wildlife on the Danube Delta in Romania. Golden Jackal, Bee-eater, Roller, Hoopoe, Red-footed Falcon and Collared Pratincole are amongst the many species photographed.
BOTSWANA UNDER CANVAS
In September 2024, Paul and Julia visited the Okavango Delta and Chobe in Botswana, rather than stay in Safari Lodges, they choose a tented safari, allowing maximum time for photography. Join them as they relive their experience in colour and monochrome.
Paul and Julia are now part of a team of the Ocean Wildlife Encounters guest speakers on Fred Olsen cruises. This talk covers some of the seabirds, cetaceans and other sea-mammals seen on their trips.
SEABIRDS AND CETACEANS
IN A FLASH
Paul has used flash for a variety of subjects. In this talk he shows how he has used flash at night for nocturnal mammals and birds, flash for macro-photography and more recently in a unique way with Rear Curtain Flash to capture movement.
MY YEAR
This talk is a calendar of the previous year's exploits, with highlights from each month. This talk is also an ideal introduction to the other talks available.
GAMBIAN EXPERIENCE
Paul and Julia visited Gambia in January 2017 and 2018, and again in December 2022. Share their experience as they venture up river and back to the Atlantic coast.
TARIFA - GATEWAY TO AFRICA
Tarifa in Andalucia is famous for the numbers of birds that pass through on their way to North Africa each Autumn and then again in Spring on their northwards migration. We have made trips to Tarifa in 2017, 2018 and 2019.
BEAR ESSENTIALS
In May 2019, Paul visited Finland, close to the border with Russia, where he spent five days photographing Brown Bears, Wolverines and other wildlife in Taiga. He has since returned several times with Julia.
UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
This talk explores the world of invertebrates and plants as seen through the macro lens and is updated with new images each year.
Fees
Fees