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The business of being a naturalist, whether professional or amateur, has been transformed by modern technology, writes Dick Warner.

There are two things in particular that have become so indispensable that it’s hard to imagine how we got along without them in the bad old days. They are the camera phone and the internet.

Cameras have been around for a long time, but not ones that you always have with you in your pocket that provide instant, high-resolution pictures, often with the option of macro close-ups. With my latest one I can even take pictures under water.