Discover Seashore Birds and Coastal Wildlife Photography Workshop in Northumberland

Thursday 5th November 2026

One of Ivor Rackham’s Northumberland Photography Workshops

Coastal Wildlife Photography on the Northumberland coast offers wonderful opportunities to photograph shorebirds, seabirds and other wildlife, during a practical class led by Ivor Rackham.

Learn to approach wildlife photography with patience, observation, and an understanding of bird behaviour. We’ll explore focus techniques, shutter speeds, exposure, backgrounds, and capturing movement, including birds in flight.

We’ll also look at how the tide influences where birds feed and how to position yourself to photograph them.

Wildlife welfare always comes first. You’ll learn techniques for photographing birds without disturbing them or interfering with their natural behaviour.

What you will learn
– Patience, observation and bird behaviour
– Focus techniques, shutter speeds and exposure
– How to capture movement, including birds in flight
– How the tide affects where birds feed
– How to photograph birds without disturbing them

The workshop will be with a maximum of six participants. You can also book this as a 1-2-1 photography workshop at another time by clicking here.