An interview with Conor Mark Jameson on his book ‘Finding W.H. Hudson: The Writer Who Came to Britain to Save the Birds’ published by Pelagic Publishing. Reproduced with permission from the Quarterly Newsletter (Issue No. 272, March 2024) of the London Natural History Society. Conor Mark Jameson has written for the Guardian, BBC Wildlife, the Ecologist, New Statesman, Africa Geographic, NZ Wilderness, British Birds, Birdwatch and Birdwatching magazines and has been a scriptwriter for the […]
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Dominic Couzens, A Year of Bird Song
An interview with Dominic Couzens on his book ‘A Year of Bird Song’ illustrated by Madeleine Floyd published by Batsford. Reproduced with permission from the Quarterly Newsletter (Issue No. 271, December 2023) of the London Natural History Society. Dominic Couzens is an award-winning nature writer, with over 40 book titles to his name, as well as many hundreds of articles for magazines and the national press. He has regular columns in Bird Watching Magazine, The […]
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Mike Unwin, Around the World in 80 Birds
An interview with Mike Unwin on this latest book ‘Around the World in 80 Birds’. The book is illustrated by Ryuto Miyake and published by Laurence King. Reproduced with permission from the Quarterly Newsletter (Issue No. 270, September 2023) of the London Natural History Society. Mike Unwin is an award-winning writer of popular natural history books for adults and children. He writes for The Daily Telegraph, The Times, BBC Wildlife, Travel Africa, as well as […]
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Stephen Moss, Skylarks with Rosie: A Somerset Spring
An interview with prolific nature writer Stephen Moss on his book ‘Skylarks with Rosie: A Somerset Spring’ published by Saraband. Reproduced with permission from the Quarterly Newsletter (Issue No. 261, May 2025) of the London Natural History Society. Stephen Moss is one of Britain’s leading nature writers, broadcasters and wildlife television producers, specialising in birds and British wildlife. He is the author of many books, including ‘biographies’ of the Robin, Wren and Swallow, and teaches […]
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Marianne Taylor, The Gull Next Door
An interview with prolific nature writer Marianne Taylor on her book ‘Gull Next Door’ published by Wild Nature Press. Reproduced with permission from the Quarterly Newsletter (Issue No. 261, February 2021) of the London Natural History Society. Marianne Taylor has since 2007 worked as a freelance writer, photographer and illustrator, focusing on wildlife and nature and, particularly, British birds. She is a prolific author and her books include RSPB Pocket guide to British Birds, RSPB […]
Read moreFounders of the British Ornithologists’ Club: 15. John Young (1838–1901)
John Young is perhaps not as well-known as some of the other BOC founding fathers and very little information on his life seems to have been published. Nevertheless, during his lifetime he undertook several ornithological expeditions that were both impressive in their extensive geographical scope and in the important discoveries made. John Young was born in 1838, the fourth of five children born to Rev. Edward Newton Young and Ann Young of Quainton, Buckinghamshire. He […]
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