"Saving Species" – Nov 2010

Added on 29 October 2010

I was on the island of Islay on 25th and 26th October, looking (amongst other things) at the amazing populations of Greenland white-fronted and barnacle geese that spend the winter there. The resulting report will be on Saving Species on BBC Radio 4 at 11am on Tuesday 2nd, repeated 9pm on Thursday ...

Book award

Added on 06 September 2010

Somewhat belated, Dorling Kindersley have informed me that I shared, along with other authors of Oceans: The World's Last Wilderness Revealed, in the 2008 Louis J Battan Author's Award K-12 Category, presented by the American Meteorlogical Society – and I have just received a very handsome cer...

Marine report

Added on 03 May 2010

Scottish Natural Heritage has just published a "scoping study" into the prospects for Marine Ecosystem Objectives, intended as a means of ensuring the wise management of the seas around Scotland. I was commissioned to research and write this report jointly with Dr Graham Saunders, (then) o...

Cairngorms feature

Added on 15 November 2009

I'm pleased to help publicise the wonderful flora and scenery of the Cairngorms Mountains of Scotland in a feature article in the winter 2009 issue of Plantlife, the membership magazine of the charity Plantlife International. The magazine has had a recent redesign, and is now a very high quality pub...