Sometimes you are lucky enough to discover hidden treasure. Whilst looking at various wildlife blog sites, I was fortunate to do just that; I unearthed gold. Alicia Hayden is a very talented young woman, amongst her talents are those of artist, filmmaker, poet, photographer and writer. She is a young person with a passion for…
Kenneth Tumusiime is a real conservation hero. His work with local communities in the Murchison Falls area of Uganda is producing fantastic results. His efforts have galvanised local people to value the wildlife that share their environment and has engendered in them a real pride and sense of ownership. He is a true ambassador for…
Rick and Elis Simpson are special. They truly are people who are making a difference. They have a love of waders, those enigmatic birds that travel vast distances around the globe and delight us with their evocative cries, wheeling winter flocks and boundless energy as they feed along lonely shorelines. They hooked me 50 years…
Vanna Bartlett has recently published a fascinating book, ‘Arthropedia: An Illustrated Alphabet of Invertebrates’, which tempts us to marvel at the diversity and beauty of those smaller creatures that we quite often dismiss or simply overlook. The artwork is superb, the need for such an accessible work unquestionable. I feel privileged to be able to…
I met Neil Donaghy in his capacity of tour leader of a combined art/wildlife trip to his beloved South Wales. The few days spent in his company were memorable for the wonderful sightings we had of chough, red kites, migrating passerines and a fantastic convolvulus hawkmoth shown to us by local moth trappers. Neil was…
Liz Dack will be well known to many readers of this post. She is an exuberant evangelist for the cause of wildlife, a great supporter of Norfolk Wildlife Trust, excellent photographer, knowledgeable naturalist and jolly good company. I first encountered Liz whilst working for NWT and helping to manage their Wildlife Information Service. Liz was…
Meet Darren Archer who I’ve known for something like 40 years, first in the capacity of me as a Young Ornithologist Club Leader here in Norwich, and he an enthusiastic YOC member. As time moved on we started birding together all over the county with our annual ‘Big Day’ in May always the highlight. Our…
Martin Kelsey OBE lives and works in Extremadura where he runs a guesthouse and bird tour business. Extremadura is a beautiful, quite unspoiled and wildlife rich area of Spain that I have visited and would dearly love to go back to. Martin writes a wonderfully descriptive blog which paints a vivid picture of the majesty…
I met Allan Archer whilst volunteering in the Visitor Centre at NWT Ranworth Broad. His infectious enthusiasm for all things wildlife was apparent from the start, as was his prodigious knowledge of blues music. We spent several evenings during the summer of 2018 setting up a moth trap so that we could display live creatures…
Welcome to WingSearch2020. This is the first in a series of personal insights into the work of people who have a passion for conservation. Today we focus on Yoav Perlman who spent 4 years living in Norwich whilst working on his PhD at the UEA. I stumbled upon Yoav’s blog whilst setting up my own…