Born and bred in Nottingham Jack is primarily a freelance underwater and wildlife cameraman with a deep passion for the natural world. He’s particularly interested in the less liked species such as reptiles, amphibians and fish but does occasionally pay attention to furry and feathery things.  He has a BA (Hons) Marine & Natural History Photography. 

Shortly after graduating Jack focused more on moving image and has since worked for dozens of wildlife and angling TV programmes including Springwatch, The One Show, Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing and The Great British Year. Jack also appears in front of the camera and has presented several films for Countryfile. He's gone on to work on David Attenborough's "Wild Isles" and Filmed in Alaska for a BBC series.

Freshwater fish are certainly what Jack is best known for being termed the “fish twitcher” by the BBC for hunting around the UK to film every British freshwater fish a task that took seven years for him to complete and find all 54. For Scottish Lochs to Southern Chalkstreams there aren’t many waterways Jack hasn’t dipped in. This is the subject that he will be talking about on 14th October.

Jack has written two books "Freshwater Fishes of Britain" and "Field Guide to Pond & River Wildlife of Britain & Europe”. His Field Guide to British Fish will be published by Bloomsbury in April 2027.

His website is https://www.jackperksphotography.com/.

Quaker Meeting House - link to map

Doors open 7 pm for start at 7.30 pm, finish by 9.30 pm. Note that this meeting is on the second Wednesday of October rather than the usual first Wednesday.

(Photo at top courtesy Jack Perks)