TIM CHAMBERLAIN
I am passionate about connecting people with nature and tree climbing is an inspiring way to explore our environment. As a Tree Safety Expert I provide safety critical cover for organisations, film and tv.
Recent tree climbing expeditions have been to the cloud forests of Costa Rica and Honduras, to the towering redwood trees of California and also include research on rare raptors in the UK.
WELCOME TO MY WORLD OF TREE CLIMBING
Bio
“EVERY DAY IS AN ADVENTURE!”
With 15 years experience as a tree safety expert, zoologist and sculptor, and specialised industry qualifications, I connect people with nature through tree climbing, safely guiding people into dangerous environments, collaborating with clients like Canopy Access, Furnace TV and BBC Studios.
Selected CV
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TREE SAFETY EXPERT Furnace TV, Dorset
ROPE ACCESS Forestry England (raptor work), Dorset
CHIEF INSTRUCTOR Canopy Access OpWall: Honduras
MARKETING Operation Wallacea, Scotland
ROPE ACCESS Glasgow Peregrine Project, Glasgow University
ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR Canopy Access BCAP training, Bristol
DIRECTOR WILD TREE ADVENTURES LTD, Stirling
DIRECTOR WILD SCOTLAND LTD, Inverness
ROPE ACCESS CULTURE CREATIVE, Wimpole NT, Cambridge
ROPE ACCESS TWEED FORUM, Scottish Borders & River Tweed
H&S CONSULTANT SOUTH SCOTLAND GOLDEN EAGLE PROJECT
Press
Chamberlain, T. (2024) Woodlands Wellness: climbing trees. HORIZONS. Issue 105: SPRING pp22-25
Chamberlain, T. (2024) Woodlands Wellness, HORIZONS. Issue 104: WINTER pp20-22
Chamberlain, T (2023) Climbing in the cloud forest. Operation Wallacea blog
Chamberlain, Tim (2023) Up in the canopy, Horizons 101, Institute of Outdoor Learning Spring
Hinchcliffe, Will (2021) Tim Chamberlain, Wild Tree Adventures, Interviewed by Will Hinchcliffe The Arboricultural Association Issue 195, Winter 2021
Allan, V & Deacon, A (2020) For The Love Of Trees: A Celebration of People and Trees, Black & White Publishing
Chamberlain, T (2016) Hobby Species page, Scottish Raptor Study Group
Volunteering
As an active volunteer verify tree records for the Woodland Trust's Ancient Tree Inventory as well as hunting for new records. I also carry out monitoring and research on rare raptors in partnership with Forestry England as a member of the Dorset Raptor Study Group.
Presentations
On expedition in Honduras Operation Wallacea, University of Edinburgh
Immersion: Slowing into the bird 'How Like a Leaf’ TECHNE Conflux, Royal Holloway , University of London
Slowly, into the bird itself, Borderlands #1 arts+ecology conference, Cheviot Centre, Wooler
Adventure South group presentation, Destination Development & Leadership program, Edinburgh Napier University
The Peebles Project, CABN arts presentation, Living Room Sense of Place Peebles project