Asserting The Wildlife Blogger Crowd E book – Meet The Contributors

These of you who comply with my Instagram web page, or are members of my Wildlife Blogger Crowd neighborhood will already know the thrilling information that I’m creating and enhancing a e book; “Connections with Nature”.

This new anthology of labor is due out later this 12 months, and will likely be revealed by Journey Books (an imprint of Bradts Guides). It’s comprised of chapters despatched in from our Wildlife Blogger Crowd members, which have been edited and collated to kind an overarching narrative of ‘assembly the wild’ all through our lifetimes; displaying the priceless worth of these lifelong connections with nature.

I’m very excited to provide you a sneak preview of the quilt (proven within the picture above) illustrated by Chloe Valerie Harmsworth, and introduce you to all of our e book contributors…

Jonathan and Angela Scott (The Massive Cat Individuals)

Jonathan and Angela are award profitable wildlife photographers and authors who’ve made their title documenting the lives of lions, leopards and cheetahs within the Maasai Mara Nationwide Reserve in Kenya, recording each facet of their existence of their drawings, pictures and wildlife tv applications. They’re Canon Ambassadors and the one couple to have gained the General Award within the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Yr Competitors as people. Jonathan and Angela have written and illustrated 34 books together with their award profitable kids’s titles for Collins Massive Cat. Their newest books are The Massive Cat Man: An Autobiography (Bradt) and Sacred Nature: Life’s Everlasting Dance (HPH) that gained the Gold Award for Pictures within the prestigious Unbiased Publishers E book Awards, 2017.

Kate Stephenson

Kate Stephenson is a author and blogger. For 10 years she has run the wildlife weblog Kate on Conservation. She has labored for quite a few media organisations specialising in kids’s training, similar to Nationwide Geographic Children, Discovery Training, Channel 4 Studying, Channel 4 Expertise, BBC Blast and BBC Norfolk. She is a Trustee of Born Free Basis and Founding father of The Wildlife Blogger Crowd; a collective of wildlife and eco content material creators, spanning on-line bloggers, social media curators, podcasters, filmmakers and extra.

Tiffany Francis-Baker

Tiffany Francis-Baker is a nature author, illustrator, mom and small enterprise proprietor from the South Downs in Hampshire. She makes stationery and presents impressed by the pure world, all ethically sourced and designed to final. She can also be the creator of six books, together with Darkish Skies: A Journey into the Wild Night time. In 2019 she was a writer-in-residence for Forestry England, and he or she has written for the Guardian, Harper’s Bazaar, BBC Wildlife, BBC Countryfile and Resurgence & Ecologist. Discover out extra at: tiffanyfrancisbaker.com

Joe Harkness

Joe Harkness is the creator of the e book Chicken Remedy. He writes and speaks about the advantages of birdwatching for psychological well being and wellbeing. In addition to dwelling with numerous points himself, he works in particular training and is very skilled at connecting with susceptible folks. Joe has additionally written for quite a few publications, together with: The Guardian, Condé Nast Traveller, BBC Wildlife Journal, inews, Birdwatch Journal and Birdwatching Journal.

Rosemary Snowdon

Rosemary Snowdon is a retired nursery college trainer. Throughout her profession, she was captivated with introducing kids to the wonders of nature by venturing exterior and exploring their native atmosphere – or utilizing imaginative play to know the workings of the pure world. These days, she continues to grasp that keenness by the various hours spent along with her seven grandchildren.

Jenny Allan

Jenny Allan is a younger naturalist taken with all wildlife from birds to bats, to moths and springtails. She additionally a eager wildlife pictures and a trainee fowl ringer, usually discovered roaming her native seashores and inexperienced areas in seek for wild locations and the wildlife that lives there. Discover out extra at: theyoungnaturenerd.wordpress.com

Tania Roa

Tania Roa resides in Southern California, the place she works at a local weather and environmental non-profit. She has a Grasp of Science in Animals and Public Coverage and a ardour for all issues nature and wildlife. In addition to advocating for wild animals, she enjoys learning the connections between folks’s well-being, animal welfare, and the well being of our planet. Tania usually submit about local weather and environmental justice on her social media platforms.

Benjamin Fallow (and Michelle Fossey)

Seven-year-old Benjamin Fallow is a younger artist and naturalist. He loves studying all the pieces he can about animals, bugs and vegetation, and he’s captivated with defending nature and wildlife. Benji attracts and paints from nature – he’s been carrying paper and pens in his backpack since he was three.

Throughout lockdown, Benji gained a nationwide nature writing competitors for his age group, Nature in your Doorstep with Lucy McRobert, and was featured on Chris Packham’s Self Isolating Chicken Membership. His story was revealed in BBC Wildlife.

Benji began sharing his paintings on Instagram throughout lockdown, and was amazed when he was featured on Chris Packham’s present together with his nature paintings too! He’s been featured on Instagram by the Wildlife Trusts and the Pure Historical past Museum, and on Twitter by the RSPB. Sharing his paintings he’s acquired wonderful encouragement from Sir David Attenborough and plenty of of his favorite nature artists.Benji needs to make use of his paintings to encourage folks to look after nature. Michelle is Benji’s mum.

Lize Gibson-Corridor

Lize Gibson-Corridor has accomplished an Undergraduate diploma in Marine Biology in Plymouth, UK and is presently finishing her masters in Zoo Conservation Biology. Be taught extra at: https://thetravellinggoth.wixsite.com/lizemaeve

Steve Shand

Steve Shand is a wildlife photographer from St Albans in Hertfordshire with an curiosity in all issues wild; whether or not it’s birds, fungi or our landscapes. He enjoys sharing his photos in hopes of inspiring others to discover their native wildlife and defend our planet’s numerous vary of natural world.

Rebecca Gibson

Rebecca is a wildlife author and photographer primarily based in Scotland. She enjoys combining artistic writing and vibrant imagery to encourage folks to attach with the pure world. Rebecca loves wandering by the woods in search of birds and pink squirrels. Her work has been featured in publications together with BBC Wildlife, Oceanographic and Hertfordshire Life.

Dorothy Knights

Dorothy Knights is in her one centesimal 12 months. Spending 100 years dwelling on our planet has meant she has seen many adjustments, which has left her with the profound sense that she has lived lengthy sufficient to know that there’s an opportunity for all the pieces to return again round.

Harry Munt

Harry Munt is the founding member of Save The Home Sparrows; a small group of like-minded folks, working collectively to assist cease the decline of the common-or-garden Home Sparrow by training and good outdated hands-on conservation; similar to putting in fowl packing containers. You’ll find out extra at: www.savethehousesparrow.com

Steve Wooden

Steve Wooden aka The Yard Zoologist is a closely tattooed, punk-rock-loving zoologist dwelling on a rural mountain in Central New York State. Steve has been fascinated by wildlife (and dinosaurs!) since childhood. After working numerous careers, he went again to varsity in his 40s and earned a level in Zoology, which introduced him to varied wildlife training jobs. See Yard Conservation in motion over at: instagram.com/thebackyardzoologist

Jack Wright

Jack is an Environmental Research graduate from the College of Kent, the place he studied within the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology. Creator of Balcony Chicken-Mind blogs, Jack is UK wildlife lover with a specific fondness for birds. He resides in Essex, although initially hails from Norfolk. You’ll be able to uncover extra of Jack’s writing about his experiences with the pure world at: https://balconybirdbrain.blogspot.com

Kayleigh Brookes

Kayleigh Brookes is a nature author, conservationist and campaigner. She enjoys sharing her ardour for wildlife and provoking others with tales, info and poetry. Discover out extra at: https://kayleighannwriting.wordpress.com/

Charlotte Ditchburn

Charlotte Ditchburn works for within the entry sector, and blogs about Public Rights of Approach and all issues outside on her weblog; Public Rights of Explorer. She is an Ordinance Survey Get Outdoors Champion, an envoy for the Nationwide Outside Expo and an envoy for Lively Suffolk’s ‘ is Lady Can’ Suffolk marketing campaign, inspiring and empowering ladies to get energetic. Up to now she has labored as a Public Rights of Approach Officer and is captivated with making the outside accessible for all. You’ll usually discover her exterior strolling, horse driving, paddle boarding, biking or simply taking within the views.

Harriet Day

Harriet Day is a naturalist and environmentalist with a lust for experiencing the marvel of wildlife. She by no means turns down the chance to exit fowl ringing, or exploring along with her digicam and binoculars. After discovering a love for nature writing, running a blog, and podcasting, she has had a few of her work revealed in Birdwatching Journal, has created a podcast for the River Belief and written on the BTO weblog, elevating consciousness for psychological well being points. In her spare time, she makes nest packing containers and feeders for birds I attempt to work with colleges to assist educate the youthful technology on the place to seek out wildlife.

Alicia Hayden

Alicia Hayden is an award-winning wildlife photographer, artist, author, and film-maker from North Yorkshire, presently learning Organic Sciences at Oxford College. Her debut illustrated wildlife poetry e book Rain earlier than Rainbows is out now. 50% of earnings from the sale of her poetry assortment go to the wildlife hospital Tiggywinkles. Discover out extra at: https://aliciahaydenwildlifephotography.zenfolio.com/

Chloé Valerie Harmsworth

Chloé Valerie writes about UK wildlife and the atmosphere with a purpose to elevate consciousness of conservation points and to encourage extra folks to understand the wonder round them. She goals to assist folks reconnect with nature, to profit their psychological wellbeing and in addition the world. She has written for numerous print and digital magazines, and has written and illustrated her personal nature journal, which explored her native inexperienced house over the course of a 12 months. She additionally loves to color and take pictures of nature, impressed by her walks. For extra, see: https://chloevalerienatureart.wordpress.com/

Will Travers

Will Travers OBE is Govt President and Co-Founding father of Born Free. In 1984, he began the Born Free Basis alongside his dad and mom Invoice Travers MBE and Virginia McKenna OBE. Will is a daily contributor to nationwide and worldwide press publications, radio and TV and different media. He was awarded an OBE for ser vices to conser vation and animal welfare within the Queen’s Birthday Honours in June 2012. Will can also be President of the Species Survival Community and Born Free USA. He helped create the Nice Ape Survival Partnership, is a Fellow of the RGS, and a member of the IUCN SSC Reintroduction Specialist Group. Discover out extra over at: bornfree.org.uk

Nick Stephenson

Nick’s Stephenson’s wildlife storytelling takes the type of music; he’s a singer/songwriter with a ardour for nature and wildlife. His playlist ‘Songs of Nature’ is obtainable to take heed to on Soundcloud – https://m.soundcloud.com/nickstephensonmusic/units/songs-of-nature. He launched a fundraising single ‘Poor Little Boy’ in 2019 for One Mans’ Rescue marketing campaign, which offers senior canines in rescue centres with enjoyable days out. Discover out extra at www.nickfstephenson.com

Rhiannon Irving

Rhiannon Irving has had a ardour for wildlife since she was small, and has labored in direction of a wildlife-based profession her total life. She lately graduated with an MSc in Zoo Conservation Biology and began running a blog to document her personal experiences with wildlife and conservation, notably her adventures along with her child daughter, as she introduces her to nature and the world round her. Learn extra at: www.allwalksofwildlife.com

Nick Wilson-Smith

Nick Wilson-Smith works and research as a budding ranger in North East England, for a big conservation charity. He created his running a blog web site as a celebration of nature, magical wildlife encounters and a spot to precise a love of mom nature by his personal snaps and scribblings. Go to: https://naturalistnick.co.uk

Hannah Rudd

Hannah Rudd is a marine biologist, science communicator and photographer. She is a member of the Youth For Our Planet group and a WWF Changemaker, and launched Main Girls in Marine Science to discover the illustration of ladies within the science. Hannah’s ardour for sharks has taken her internationally from researching whale sharks within the Maldives to learning nice white sharks in South Africa. Combining this along with her love of writing, in 2022 her first e book will likely be revealed with Bloomsbury Publishing on UK seas and the way we are able to all do our bit to avoid wasting them.

Claire Edwards

Claire Edwards has at all times adored animals, however it was solely when she turned 30 and took half in a giant cat shut encounter that she realised her true calling was really on this sector. She is a proud volunteer for The Massive Cat Sanctuary in Kent and can quickly start a Masters diploma in Animal Welfare Science, Ethics and Regulation.

Beth Jennings

Beth Jennings is the Founding father of Claws Out, and a staunch campaigner for lion welfare. In  2018 she  partnered with Born Free Basis and Olsen Animal Belief to supply a brief movie primarily based on her expertise referred to as Claws Out: The Fact About Cub Petting. Discover out extra at: www.claws-out.com

Kate Williams

Kate Williams is a wildlife vet. Her weblog, Vet Tales, is about veterinary, wildlife and journey centered on the adventures she has had whereas gaining expertise with wildlife. Kate shares a number of the key conservation points she has encountered alongside the way in which over at: www.vet-tales.com

Bella Lack

Bella Lack is a younger conservationist and wildlife campaigner. She has a powerful social media presence, which she makes use of to coach and encourage others regarding international wildlife points to assist educate others on crucial issues and encourage them to take motion. She is an envoy for Born Free Basis and Jane Goodall’s Roots and Shoots.

Rachael Barber

Rachael Barber is captivated with all wildlife, however whales and dolphins particularly. She accomplished a BSc in Zoology and an MSc in Utilized Ecology and Conservation, and has labored for a number of seasons as a information on a whale watch boat in Scotland, in addition to on the ferry crossing the Bay of Biscay. In 2011, she grew to become concerned with Marine Mammal Observations and mitigation for offshore industries, and is now a Marine Mammal Guide (in addition to a mummy to 2 little folks).

Rachael can also be a educated fowl ringer, catching and monitoring birds for the British Belief for Ornithology. She has been writing about her wildlife adventures on Wild Barley (named after her pup) for almost 10 years. Learn extra at: wildbarley.co.uk/

Berenice Tregenna

Berenice Tregenna runs the Berie Tree nature weblog, which holds a magnifying glass as much as widespread bugs & vegetation. Her purpose is to unfold nature consciousness and appreciation, encouraging folks to do extra to assist the atmosphere. Every submit focuses on a sure insect or plant with a mix of poems, pictures, her personal drawings and factual info. Berenice believes that each artwork and science may be blended collectively to interact others with their pure environment — that is the ethos of her weblog, which may be discovered at: http://www.berrietree.wordpress.com

Chloe Petrylak

Chloe Petrylak is a contract author, editor, and proofreader specialising in wildlife and the atmosphere. She has labored for Nationwide Geographic Children UK, BBC Wildlife, and PetsRadar, and is presently the social media supervisor for Eco Children Planet journal. You’ll find her work over at www.chloemaywrites.com.

Shubhobroto Ghosh

Shubhobroto Ghosh is a former journalist with the Telegraph newspaper whose work has additionally been revealed in The Statesman, Occasions of India, New York Occasions, The Hindu , Montreal Serai, BBC, Sanctuary Asia, Saevus, Down To Earth, SciWri Membership, Science Reporter and Nature India on-line. He’s the previous coordinator of the Indian Zoo Inquiry mission sponsored by Zoocheck Canada and has attended the Rules and Apply Coaching course at Durrell Wildlife Conservation Belief in 1999. He did his Masters thesis on British zoos on the College of Westminster in 2004. He has labored on the Wildlife Belief of India, TRAFFIC India and is presently Wildlife Initiatives Supervisor in India for World Animal Safety in India. He has contributed to a number of books, together with ‘The Jane Impact’, a biographical tribute to Jane Goodall by Marc Bekoff and Dale Peterson, ‘Thirty Three Methods To Look At An Elephant,’ edited by Dale Paterson and an environmental biography of the ex Prime Minister of India, ‘Indira Gandhi : A Life In Nature’ by Jairam Ramesh. He’s the creator of the e book, ‘Dreaming In Calcutta and Channel Islands’ revealed in 2015.

Kate Cohen

Kate Cohen is the founding father of ‘It’s Our Planet Too’, a web site aimed toward kids to lift consciousness of the atmosphere, notably the plight of endangered animals. It’s primarily an training useful resource, stuffed with fascinating info, photos, enjoyable stuff to obtain and quotes in addition to tales concerning the animals, written in rhyme. Take a look at: http://www.itsourplanettoo.co.uk/

Sergio Lang

Sergio Lang is the Founder and CEO of NSE International; an environmental advocacy firm centered on international options. Sergio was born in San Diego, California and grew up in a bilingual family in Northern Virginia. He was impressed to begin NSE International due to the rising environmental issues in our world, and he acknowledges the timing is crucial to establish international options to fight these points and defend our planet. He noticed an pressing want for a platform that compiles factual info into one supply to share with fellow environmental advocates.

Monica Kaur Bhatia

Monica Bhatiawrites blogs and prose to help the huge vary of campaigns she is concerned with at UK Youth for Nature. As a younger conservationist, she says it’s a pleasure to have the ability to pursue her ardour of writing, whereas additionally tackling environmental points.

Lucy Newman

Lucy Newman is the creator of One Wild Factor, a weblog born from a want to share her ardour for the pure world, whereas giving readers the instruments to make a distinction in serving to to guard it. Lucy {couples} her information from her college training in marine biology and oceanography – and years of immersing herself in all-things-animal – along with her expertise as a secondary college trainer, to speak the “large points” in conservation in a means that’s accessible to everybody. Each posts ends with “One Wild Factor”- a small means you can make a distinction to the difficulty mentioned. These actions are fastidiously chosen to not want huge quantities of cash, time or experience, or nice life-style adjustments, however quite to encourage readers to become involved somewhat deeper and take these child steps ahead. Discover out extra at: https://onewildthing.co.uk/

Annie Macdonald

Annie has been gardening on and off for the final 10 years, beginning in rented gardens the place it’s arduous to do an excessive amount of, and studying by trial and error. These days she has her personal little backyard, the place she goals to do many issues: in sub-tropical jungle (Cornwall) cottage-garden model, with myriads of pots (once more Cornwall model) and wild flower meadows….bother is, it’s actually fairly small and primarily based within the midlands, so not that heat! You comply with Annie’s wildlife gardening diaries and discoveries over at: https://livingthewildlife.backyard/weblog/

Molly Doubleday

Molly Doubleday is conservationist working for the RSPB, who shares her ardour for nature on her weblog Hippy Highland Dwelling. Right here she describes her wild life within the Scottish Highlands and writes about her endeavours to life merely and sustainably.

Kate Fox

Going undercover in Vietnam’s unlawful bear bile commerce was a defining expertise for Kate Fox. The following battle to free Boo the Bear and buddies led to a change from conservation pictures, filming and writing to founding a charitable group generally known as Confirm Humanity. Confirm Humanity is a spot the place conservation and animal welfare meet and conventions are challenged. Kate believes that if we’re to interrupt freed from a world the place animal extinctions, local weather change and pandemics are the norm, we have to care concerning the animals we defend.

Barry Madden

Barry Madden is Norfolk born and bred. Though birds are his past love, Barry delights in all method of untamed creatures and wild areas – butterflies and moths are additionally specific favourites, with dragonflies and bees following carefully behind. Apart from really observing wildlife, he likes to {photograph} it and retains busy by writing wildlife themed articles for numerous magazines. Learn extra of Barry’s connections with wildlife over at: www.wingsearch2020.com

Lisa Stubbings

Lisa Stubbings is an aspiring nature and wildlife photographer, capturing the great thing about the pure world. Her weblog, The Fox Den, may be discovered over at: https://freeworldpress905.wordpress.com/

Sally-Ann Smurthwaite

Sally-Ann Smurthwaite is an environmentalist and author dwelling in Cardiff. She studied an MSc in Atmosphere, Science and Society at College School London, earlier than embarking on a full-time profession within the atmosphere sector. Alongside this, Sally runs Wild and Inexperienced weblog and paperwork her personal adventures dwelling in South Wales over at Sally by the Sea.

Virginia McKenna

Virginia Anne McKenna, OBE, is an English stage and display actress, creator and wildlife campaigner. She is greatest recognized for the movies A City Like Alice, Carve Her Identify with Satisfaction, Born Free, and Ring of Brilliant Water, in addition to her work with The Born Free Basis, which she co-founded along with her late husband Invoice Travers and son Will Travers OBE.