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• Nature's Top 40
• Episode 1 - 40 to 37
• Episode 2 - 36 to 33
• Episode 3 - 32 to 29
• Episode 4 - 28 to 25
• Episode 5 - 24 to 21
• Episode 6 - 20 to 17
• Episode 7 - 16 to 13
• Episode 8 - 12 to 9
• Episode 9 - 8 to 5
• Episode 10 - 4 to 1

• Presenters
• Chris's Photo Tips
• Getting into the field
• How Top 40 was ranked
• About the series

Nature's Top 40
´óÏó´«Ã½ Nature’s Top 40 counts down to the UK’s number one wildlife spectacle. Wildlife experts ranked them to compile the UK’s Top 40 with spectacular results - from birds and bugs to marine life and mammals.

Our Photographers

• Many of the pictures in our galleries for Nature’s Top 40 have been supplied by enthusiastic amateur wildlife photographers and organisations concerned with the conservation of wildlife. Organisations who have supplied photos include RSPB Images, the Bat Conservation Trust, the National Seal Sanctuary and Natural England.
• The Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust has also provided many of our marine life images. They run an adopt-a-whale scheme so why not join them and help with their conservation efforts or become a citizen naturalist?
• Iain Erskine is the official photographer for Sea Eagles on the Scottish island of Mull. He actually holds a licence to photograph these spectacular birds. Any donations he receives for use of his pictures go to charity. With the money raised Iain’s bought 4 defibrillators for Mull, an emergency generator for bird of prey centre and sent money to a Tanzanian school. You can see more of Iain’s pictures, and others, on the
• Jaybee set up a website of his own nature photographs after taking up photography when he was advised to go for a walk each day for health reasons. The array of pictures on his have been taken on the resulting walks.
• The (±á°ä°Õ)Ìý²¹²Ô»åÌý (LEHART) supplied many of the photos of adders. Both organisations are concerned with conserving amphibians and reptiles.
• Robin Scagell and John Tyler are both glow worm enthusiasts. Robin runs a picture gallery website which includes many pictures of the tiny creatures and hosts the web pages. John Tyler , is a freelance naturalist who spent 21 years as warden of the Sevenoaks Reserve in Kent. is a wildlife film-maker who originally trained as a biologist and has worked with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Natural History unit.
• Kevin O’Hara works as a wetlands conservation officer for Kevin is on a mission - to win over the sceptics in his bid to bring beavers back to the North East of England. He believes that beavers could provide some of the answers to growing problems with flooding and wildlife management. 
• is a well known marine photographer based in Canada. His stunning images of Atlantic Salmon taken underwater are truly sensational and give an insight into the private life of this remarkable fish. Gilbert, who is based in Nova Scotia, has spent over 30 years exploring the depths of the Atlantic Ocean and the Northern Canadian wilderness rivers.
• David Hay is also a photographer specialising in marine images. He provided many of the website's pictures of Salmon including photos of the fish leaping as well as images of young Salmon.
• Margaret and Brian Holland are two keen amateur nature photographers who have a passion for wildlife. Amateur is not really the correct phrase to describe their highly professional looking shots of birds, mammals and insects.

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