The Peak District - Explore the River Wye with Jack Perks (Day Trip)

Tour Code: GBR325

Explore a beautiful stretch of the River Wye in the Peak District with river enthusiast and naturalist Jack Perks to find Dippers, Water Voles, Brook Lamprey and Bullheads.

1 days from
£60 (land only)
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Highlights

Summary

Summary

Join river enthusiast and wildlife cameraman Jack Perks to enjoy the wildlife both above and below the surface of the River Wye. Exploring one of the most beautiful stretches of river in the Peak District, we’ll be following its banks for species like Dipper, Water Voles, Goosander, Brown and Rainbow Trout and possibly Grayling too. There is also a lot of hidden wildlife below the water and Jack will be bringing along a dip net, with time spent catching and identifying some of the smaller and hidden residents like stoneflies, mayflies, caddisflies, and with luck, also Brook Lamprey and Bullheads. Jack will provide a tank to photograph our catch. We’ll head into Bakewell for one of its tasty and must have Bakewell puddings around lunchtime before heading back out to the river in the afternoon to continue our explorations to enjoy anything we may come across, while appreciating our beautiful surroundings.

Meeting time is 9am and finishing at 3pm.

  • Discover hidden gems below the surface of the River Wye
  • Dipper and Goosander
  • Possible Water Voles along the banks
  • Led by Jack Perks - one of the country's finest underwater cameramen
Day Trip Location

Day Trip Location

Dates & Prices

Dates & Prices

2024

Departures Availability Cost
Sun 5th May – Sun 5th May 6 £60
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Land only cost:
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£60
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Jack Perks
Jack Perks

Tour Leader: Jack Perks

Jack is a Nottinghamshire based professional underwater photographer and camera operator having worked for Springwatch, The One Show and presented on Countryfile. Jack has won awards in Underwater Photographer of the year and British wildlife photography awards for his work and has been teaching photography at both Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham for the last seven years. 

Although Jack is passionate about all nature subjects, fish are certainly centre stage for him having written three books on them including 'Freshwater Fishes of Britain'. He’s also the first and only person to film every species of freshwater fish in Britain a project taking over seven years, traveling all over the UK, to complete. Jack has dived, swam and pond dipped in almost every corner of the British Isles looking for its aquatic wildlife.

In addition to this, Jack hosts the successful nature podcast 'The Bearded Tit’s Podcast' where he interviews wildlife presenters, camera ops and scientists about the work they do. Jack has guided and ran nature tours both abroad and in the UK, and looks forward to sharing his passion for little-known wildlife on Naturetrek tours.

Prefer to Travel in a Private Group?

For any interested natural history club or society, we can arrange for a private departure of this tour.

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