Ajay’s Wall of Fame

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An official head shot of Ajay Tegala, taken during a presenter in London.

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Ajay with the Wild Tales podcast team at the APAs (winning silver in the Change Maker category).

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Selfie of three people smiling (left to right: Sean with beard and short hair, Ajay also with beard and short hair, Seniz with glasses, long, dark hair tied behind her head, a nose ring and earrings) - behind them is a yellow diamond-shaped sign saying 'Beaver crossing'

Ajay hanging out with Ealing Beaver Project’s Sean McCormack and Şeniz Mustafa at Paradise Fields.

Image credit: Sean McCormack

Ajay meets BBC Countryfile‘s Charlotte Smith on stage in Swindon.

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Ajay meets rural influencer Ben Andrews at the Norfolk Landscape Conference.

Image credit: Ajay Tegala

Ajay hanging out with Dara McAnulty on Wicken Fen after interviewing him about his books.

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Ajay hanging out with YouTube superstars Dan and Phil during their night visit to The Fens.

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Ajay meets Benji Fallow at a preview of the Nature Photographer of the Year exhibition.

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Ajay chairing an insect-focussed panel discussion at the Wild Summit in Bristol.

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Ajay spends a day nature-watching in Cambridgeshire with Aneeshwar Kunchala.

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Ajay shows Martha Kearney around Wicken Fen for an episode of BBC Radio Four Open Country.

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Fabian Harrison filming a Butterfly Conservation YouTube live feature with Ajay and Indy Kiemel Greene.

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Ajay with Rebecca Bailey, Şeniz Mustafa, Katie Monk and Benjamin Fallow at Global Bird Fair.

Image credit: Ajay Tegala

Ajay alongside friends and fellow authors Dan Rouse and Charlie Bingham at a book singing.

Image credit: Charlie Bingham

Ajay and Lucy Lapwing during their live Merlin vs. Humans challenge, which of course they won.

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Ajay and Butterfly Conservation supporters Mike Dilger, Rebecca Bailey and Şeniz Mustafa.

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Ajay with Nadia Shaikh, Ryan Dalton and Ezz Miles after a live podcast recording at Global Bird Fair.

Image credit: Charlie Bingham

Ajay worked with primary school children in East Anglia on a project to make pledges for nature.

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Ajay hangs out with Hannah Stitfall on the Springwatch set at Longshaw in Derbyshire.

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Ajay interviewing Chris Packham for the Wild Tales podcast, on the Springwatch set at Longshaw.

Image credit: Marnie Woodmeade

Ajay receives the Freedom of the Parish of Deeping St. James with darts champion Wolfie.

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Ajay chats to Charlie Bingham about her first book, with Labrador Oakley in attendance.

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Ajay and Zoë on stage during their Witching the Wild Year Winter Solstice special in Surrey.

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Ajay and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Birder Matt Spracklen explore Horsell Common together.

Image credit: Matt Spracklen

Ajay and the lovely Anita Harris look a bit like chat show hosts in this picture taken in London.

Image credit: Chris Conlan

Ajay hanging out with Alice Vassallo and her beloved aardvarks at Shepreth in Cambridgeshire.

Image credit: Alice Vassallo

Ajay meeting Kabir Kaul at Global Bird Fair when the pair finally crossed paths.

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Ajay catches up with Indy Kiemel Greene and Katie Monk at Global Bird Fair.

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Ajay with George Hassall, Henry Day, Jack Baddams and Mya Bambrick at Global Bird Fair.

Image credit: George Hassall

Ajay at the Restore Nature Now March in London with Kate On Conservation.

Image credit: Kate Stephenson

Ajay and Zoë Howe in Norfolk for their Witching the Wild Year Summer Solstice show.

Image credit: Zoë Howe

Ajay with Lev Parikian at the Deepings Literary Festival in Lincolnshire.

Image credit: Harry Mitchell

Ajay, accompanied by his Labrador Oakley, appearing at Deepings Literary Festival.

Image credit: Harry Mitchell

Ajay live on stage at Global Bird Fair during the winter section of A Year of Birdsong and Bird Songs.

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Ajay on the Author’s Stage at Global Bird Fair, talking about ranger life on the North Norfolk Coast.

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Ajay chats live to Connor and Steph on the Global Bird Fair podcast stage.

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Ajay chatting to Alex Thomson for an environmental feature on the Channel Four evening news.

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Ajay at a joint North Norfolk book event with fellow East Anglian author Nick Acheson.

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Ajay with the Westacre Theatre team after the debut of A Year of Birdsong and Bird Songs.

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Birdwatching and filming with Ade Adepitan on Wicken Fen for The Wild Life YouTube nature series.

Image credit: Jo Dyson

Ajay meeting students at his old secondary school library in South Lincolnshire.

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Ajay meeting BBC Strictly Come Dancing singer Hayley Sanderson at the Old Granary in Norfolk.

Image credit: Ajay Tegala

Ajay chatting to Lucy Lapwing on stage at the Wild Ken Hill Gathering event.

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After filming an episode of Teeny Tiny Creatures in Ajay’s garden with fellow presenter Chantelle Lindsay.

Image credit: Ajay Tegala

Ajay showing musician friends Zoë and Dylan Howe around Wicken Fen.

Image credit: Ajay Tegala

Ajay meeting Becky Mantin when she read the ITV weather live from Wicken Fen.

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Promotional shot for Ajay’s A Year of Birdsong and Bird Songs show with tenor Anthony Harris.

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Ajay chatting to The Urban Birder David Lindo at Nottingham Trent University.

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Ajay and fellow nature presenters Billy Heaney and Sean McCormack at the Green Planet Experience.

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Ajay and Clare Balding on Burwell Fen during the recording of BBC Radio Four Ramblings.

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Ajay receiving his Outstanding Alumni Award at Nottingham Trent University.

Image credit: Harry Mitchell

Ajay hanging out with Jamie Campbell at a BBC presenter session in London.

Image credit: Ajay Tegala

Ajay meets fellow young wildlife presenter Yussef Rafik at Deeping Lakes in South Lincolnshire.

Image credit: Yussef Rafik

With fellow Springwatch researchers Lucy Lapwing and Jack Baddams on location in Norfolk.

Image credit: Ajay Tegala

Ajay during the television screening of his Springwatch film, with Chris Packham looking on.

Image credit: Lucy Lapwing

Ajay during the broadcast of Springwatch from Norfolk with Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan.

Image credit: Lucy Lapwing

Ajay making a film for BBC Springwatch with Megan McCubbin at Pensthorpe in Norfolk.

Image credit: Ajay Tegala

Ajay filming at Hyde Park with Liz Bonnin for the BBC series Our Wild Adventures.

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Ajay alongside fellow Inside the Bat Cave presenters Prof Kate Jones and Lucy Cooke in Dorset.

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Ajay with Carol Kirkwood when she read the BBC weather live from Wicken Fen.

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Here are a few memories from the old days…

Ajay and the Theory of Nothing celebrity science and nature team take on the BBC Eggheads.

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Ajay teams up with Chris Packham on the BBC animal quiz show Curious Creatures.

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Ajay goes seal-watching with Suzannah Lipscombe for the Secrets of the National Trust series.

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Ajay goes on a boat trip to show Neil Oliver the seals on Blakeney Point for an episode of BBC Coast.

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Ajay makes his first live national television appearance, chatting to Chris Packham about little tern conservation.

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Ajay appears on live television alongside Will Young on the Springwatch set at RSPB Minsmere.

Image credit: BBC/ Ruth Peacey

Ajay shows Iolo Williams the grey seals on Blakeney Point for a BBC Winterwatch double-episode feature.

Image credit: BBC/ Lindsay McCrae

Ajay poses with Charlie Luxton after showing him around the Blakeney Point Lifeboat House for Homes By The Sea.

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Trai in a red coat and Ajay in a black coat, are with a sound recordist holding a big, fluffy microphone, they are on a shingly beach with sand dunes behind them and a few seals just visible dotted around in the background, the sky is grey

Ajay shows Trai Anfield the breeding grey seal colony on Blakeney Point for an episode of BBC Radio Four Living World.

Image credit: BBC/ Trai Anfield

Ajay goes on a boat trip with Tony Robinson for the North Norfolk episode of the series Walking Through History.

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Ajay and his fellow Blakeney Point rangers chat to John Craven for a Summer Special episode of BBC Countryfile.

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Ajay’s very first television appearance, on the series The Great British Story – Regional Histories.

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