"Look there – on that branch, behind those green leaves!’ Crouching in thick forest, with sweat dripping, heart pounding and eyes straining, I frantically searched with my binoculars, trying to work out which branch, which green leaves – indeed, which darned tree? I was close to panicking as we had come so far, and yet I just couldn’t see where our guide was pointing. And then I heard it: ‘pirrup’." Read the full article in BirdLife South Africa here:

This year we are celebrating TEN years of Wild Shots Outreach - a decade of connection, conservation, and careers. What an incredible journey it’s been! We have come a very long way from when Founder Mike Kendrick first started with a box of 8 assorted cameras, all with different settings. Since then nearly 2000 young people have seen wildlife for the very first time and more than 50 unemployed youth have been supported by the WSO Bursary Fund in further education and traini

Wild Shots Outreach has been named one of the awardees for  Travel + Leisure's 2026 Global Vision Awards  “leading the way with innovative and sustainable initiatives that elevate the travel experience”.   This prestigious international travel magazine’s annual Awards “ recognize the people and organizations making the world a better place”.

'I love vultures! If there are no vultures, many of us will get sick. They are very important to all of us, because they clean up carcasses and prevent the spread of disease. They help keep nature in balance and we must co-exist with vultures.’

This month we celebrate the 200th Wild Shots Outreach wildlife photography course! This means that more than 1700 young people have seen wildlife for the very first time, connecting and engaging with their natural history heritage, through photography. Wild Shots Outreach has come a long way from the very first pilot programme nearly 10 years ago, with a box of eight second hand cameras, all with completely different settings! We now have two parallel sets of mirrorless camer

In this month’s newsletter, we’re shining the spotlight on some of our rising female stars (all formerly unemployed)…. Click the button...

Rifumo Mathebula wins the SANParks Kudu Award for Youth Leadership at South Africa’s conservation Oscars!

Wild Shots Outreach continues to grow and develop in many exciting (and sometimes unexpected) ways - with new collaborations, ...

It has been a busy first quarter, with Wild Shots Outreach team members in Botswana, Namibia, and the United Arab Emirates...

Callum Sutherland reports in CCN on how Wild Shots Outreach changes the lives of young Africans

Dr Stephanie Klarmann, chose to evaluate the impact of Wild Shots Outreach as the subject of her PhD research project at the University ...

As the end of the year fast approaches, it is timely to reflect on Wild Shots Outreach’s achievements during 2023...

In September 2023, Wild Shots Outreach was featured in BBC Wildlife Magazine