Founded in 2009, Meet Your Neighbours is a worldwide photographic initiative created by Niall Benvie and Clay Bolt. The project is dedicated to reconnecting people with the wildlife on their own doorsteps and enriching their lives in the process. These creatures and plants are vital to people: they represent the first, and for some, the only contact with wild nature we have. Yet too often they are overlooked, undervalued.
There are seventy-five worldwide contributors to this powerful project. I am currently the Japan contributor to this project. All images are used for conservation awareness and educational purposes. Below are some of my favourite images.
Okinawan green tree frog
Percnon planissimum – crab
Cherry blossom -Mt Yaedake
Crabs with beach trash homes
Porcelain crab ( Petrolisthes hastatus ) -Okinawa
Ryukyu odd-tooth snake ( Dinodon semicarinatum )
Scopimera ryukyuensis – Ryukyu Islands
Fern – Ryukyu Islands
Blueberry hermit crabs (Coenobita purpureus)
Gray faced buzzard eagle
Princess habu -MYN technique
Charybdis japonica -Yagaji Island
American bullfrog – Izena Island
Chinese cowrie
Okinawan Habu- MYN field studio technique
Okinawan mud lobster
Sesarmops intermedius
Air breathing marine slug
Unidentified earthworm – MYN and under Blue light Kume Island
Hawkmoth – MYN
Geograpsus grayi
Blueberry hermit crabs (Coenobita purpureus)
Have a great day!