I’ve always been fascinated by flight. When I was little I watched anything that flew, including birds. This led to my passion for wildlife and ultimately my vocation.

I’ve been actively involved in nature conservation since 1984 and in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2007 I received an MBE for “Services to wildlife” which I accepted on behalf of the wildlife charity I co-founded in 1988 (barnowltrust.org.uk).

I’ve been public speaking since 1988. I take great care in preparing my presentations and I’ve been humbled by the compliments they’ve received such as “brilliant”, “inspiring”, and “the best talk we’ve ever had”.

In 2017 I became increasingly concerned about our global situation - the loss of species and what scientists were saying about climate change - so I further researched the impacts and what we can do about it.

My first climate Talk 'Climate and Ecological Crisis? What's all the fuss about?' was first presented in December 2019 and by 2025 had been updated 31 times and presented 134 times. My second (additional) climate talk 'Climate - What to expect and What to do about it' was created in November 2025.