"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 ...

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...