Passage to Tristan da Cunha

Added on 25 January 2012

We have just returned from an amazing 32-day cruise, organised by Noble Caledonia on board the 5-star expedition ship Island Sky. It took us and 90-odd lucky passengers to places I certainly never thought we'd be able to visit. We flew out to join the ship on the Cape Verde islands, with a day ...

"Scottish Wild Flowers" relaunch

Added on 24 January 2012

I am delighted that the Edinburgh publishing house, Birlinn, have now republished my Scottish Wild Flowers guide, which Harper-Collins had let go out of print. I took the opportunity to fully updated the species names, families and order of presentation to the latest taxonomic thinking, while still...

New book published

Added on 30 October 2010

I was delighted to work on a wonderful new book, published by Dorling Kindersley, entitled The Natural History Book, and subtitled, with just a hint of hyperbole, The Ultimate Visual Guide to Everything on Earth. I helped choose species and wrote mini texts for several of the spreads on flowering pl...

"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 ...