Jonathan Scott

You can watch Jonathan Scott on Big Cat Diary

Jonathan Scott is a zoologist and wildlife photographer specialising in African wildlife and co-host of the Big Cat Diary. He spends much of his time in the Masai Mara National Game Reserve in southwest Kenya and the Serengeti National Park in northern Tanzania.

Scott was named Wildlife Photographer of the Year in 1987, received the Cherry Kearton Medal from the Royal Geographical Society in 1994 and two years later was awarded an African Travel and Tourism Association Award.

Scott has travelled to countries including Australia, Nepal, India, Indonesia, Alaska, Uganda and Tanzania - filming saltwater crocodiles, one-horned rhinos, tigers, komodo dragons, orang-utans, grizzly bears and gorillas.

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