Michael Potts
Wildlife and Landscape Photography

Birdfair 2014 at Rutland Water.  August 15-17th.

Tuesday 20th May 2014

I will be exhibiting at the Biirdfair again this August, I will have a selection of framed and unframed prints, with some new material from the sub Antarctic Islands and the Ross Sea, several species of Albatross and Penguins.There will be a series of 10 Greetings cards available too.

Expedition to Ross Sea. Antarctic. Feb- March 2014

Saturday 17th May 2014

The Antarctic region is a place I have always wanted to visit, I had hoped that I would be sent there on a filming trip but this never happened sadly. So last year I made the decision to go to the Sub Antarctic Islands and the Ross Sea,  not only a fantastic area for wildlife but also the opportunity to viait the huts of the famous explorers Scott and Shackleton.

We departed...

Birdfair 2013 - 16-18th August

Wednesday 3rd July 2013

I have been going to the Birdfair at Rutland Water for several years, it's a great event with exhibitors and visitors from all over the world. There are several huge marquees full of all things to do with birds and bird watching;  binoculars, telescopes and cameras; new and second hand  books; travel companies from around the globe offering mouth watering trips; clothing and...

Sea Ducks on the Arctic Coast of Norway

Monday 13th May 2013

It's been an ambition of mine for many years to photograph Eider and Long Tailed Ducks in Northen Norway, so this year in March I made that long dreamed of trip and it didn't disappoint!  I made the trip with old friend and photographer Chris Knights from Norfolk and a photographer and farmer friend of his Nicholas Watts from the Fens. We flew into Northern Finland then hired a car...

Exhibition at the Harbour Gallery Conwy

Saturday 9th June 2012

Mike will be having a 2 week exhibition at this new gallery in the lovely town of Conwy. The exhibition will run for 2 weeks from 29 June and will consist of wildlife and landscape images taken mostly in North Wales. Ther will be about 20 framed pictures of various sizes available for purchase. Do come along and have a browse.

Filming Hummingbirds in Brazil and Ecuador

Monday 13th February 2012

Over the past 5 months I have been filming for a 1 hour TV programme on Hummingbirds.This has taken me to the USA, Ecuador and Brazil. What a fantastic experience it has been, starting at sea level and ending up at 15000'in the Andes, yes Hummingbirds do live at those altitudes!! We have filmed some of the smallest, the Thorntails through to the largest, the Giant Hummingbird, about the...