The Wessex Reiver
My blogs
| Occupation | Retired 2025 from wildlife radio broadcasting |
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| Location | Somerset, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Being outdoors has been a passion since childhood. Having retired early in 2025 these days I'm a rural observer. I loved my 30 plus years mostly at the BBC's Natural History Unit (Living World, Tweet of the Day etc) but everything comes to an end. This blog began in 2007-8, today it provides an ad-hoc site to my wanderings, not just the natural world but anything which catches my eye. I'm also a Trustee of the Richard Jefferies Society holding the Membership Secretary role since 2024. And why Wessex Reiver? - I hail from the north east of England where the ‘steel bonnets’ the Border Reiver families once held sway in lawless abandon. I now live in Wessex. The connection is incidental. |
| Interests | British Wildlife, Agricultural and Rural History, Rural Land Use and Management, British Customs, Georgian history, Art, Horticulture, Countryside Management and Conservation. |
| Favorite books | Anything about rural and natural history, Books by BB, Llewellyn Powys, Thomas Hardy, Fred Archer, A.G.Street, Kenneth Allsop, John Moore, W.H.Hudson and of course Richard Jefferies. Oh and P.G.Wodehouse for the belly laugh. |