Renowned wildlife painter, Keith Shackleton MBE, has died at the age of 92.

The co-founder of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust died at his home.

Mr Shackleton was also a highly regarded naturalist, conservationist, author and TV presenter.

He lived in Poundbury, Dorchester and received an MBE in 2013 for his services to the conversation of wildlife.

He was a very well regarded painter and was a war artist during WW2 operating in the English Channel.

His wildlife and marine paintings  often depicted dramatic scenes in the ice of the Antarctic and high Arctic, recording what he saw with remarkable accuracy and style.

Mr Shackleton co-presented the BBC’s Animal Magic with Johnny Morris in the 1960s and later presented his own TV programme Animals in Action for Anglia TV.

A passionate conservationist, he worked on increasing the public awareness of endangered species and also worked on the RSPB’s Save the Albatross campaign centred in the Southern Ocean.

From 1969 he joined the MS Lindblad Explorer, the first ice working exploration passenger vessel as a naturalist.

Mr Shackleton was also a widely published author, writing about dinghy sailing and small boats and birds of the Atlantic Ocean amongst other subjects.

He leaves behind his wife, two grown-up sons, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.