
This is where I share updates on my writing and conservation work, thoughts on topical conservation issues, and news about nature and the artists who are inspired by it. Sometimes I blog about other stuff, too.
The otter is a symbol of hope for conservationists. Once lost from much of Britain, it has bounced back.
Continue reading →My forthcoming new book will include portrait essays of nine species. Together they tell the story of our relationship with the rest of nature.
Continue reading →This morning (4 May) I went out into a drizzly dawn to listen to the defining sounds of the spring dawn - and to read my latest work in progress to the birds.
Continue reading →I am pleased to confirm details of my forthcoming book, to be launched in the autumn
Continue reading →On this day in 1771 Gilbert White, whose 300th anniversary we celebrate this year, was thinking about migration. Exactly 245 years later I visited his home on my own spring journey.
Continue reading →Gilbert White was the first modern nature writer, and his studies of less well-known species like the field cricket leave a lasting legacy.
Continue reading →Gilbert White’s The Natural History of Selborne takes the form of 110 letters, 66 of which were addressed to Daines...
Continue reading →I'm looking forward to speaking at three very different festivals coming up in October.
Continue reading →My talks page has been updated with details of events scheduled for this autumn and winter, and into spring next year.
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