Side Projects

Things I've built and projects I work on outside of photography.

Services

Nature Walks

Guided walks in the Sea-to-Sky region focused on wildlife observation and ecology. Suitable for all ages and experience levels — whether you want to find your first bird or deepen an existing interest in the natural world.

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Photography Workshops

Small-group and one-to-one workshops covering wildlife and landscape photography in the field. From camera settings and composition to finding and approaching subjects — I'll help you take images you're proud of.

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SIDE PROJECTS

Niall Bell

28 April 2026

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EcoScapes

EcoScapes is a Nature Squamish project showcasing the wildlife and natural habitats of Squamish, British Columbia, connecting people with the ecosystems on their doorstep.

NumBird - iOS App

NumBird is an app for iOS which takes a users eBird data and performs a range of data analysis to present the data and allow the user to analyse their birding history.

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Niall Bell

1 January 2024

environmentnaturetech

Nature Squamish: Bird Count Portal

The Nature Squamish Monthly Bird Count is a community even run by Nature Squamish each month in the Squamish Estuary. Since the count started in 1991, over 400 months of bird observation data has been collected by volunteers over many thousands of hours. I created this data portal to take this data in it's raw form, and make it accessible to anyone who is interested to browse and explore.

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