Boobies and Noddies are amazing seabirds that nest on Ascension Island a tiny tropical military outpost of empire. Ascension’s bizarre environment is perfect for seabirds, the birds are magical with little fear of people. With the aid of stunning images, I tell stories of the island’s history and its birds.

Life dealt me a good hand. I have been blessed with good health, a wonderful wife of 50 years, five children and nine grandchildren.  I was in full time employment for 57 years in exciting and interesting jobs. I joined the army aged sixteen and served for 32 years without having to fight a major military conflict. My map making job in the army took to the deserts of Oman, the jungles of Indonesia and many other exotic places.
Life was exciting and incredibly good. My middle years were spent working in further education and in the avian science field. I was a part time student at the University of Birmingham for 18 years and obtained a PhD in 2015 when aged 69 years. From a child I have been interested in birds and I am spending my latter years doing my bit to ensure that our children and grandchildren can enjoy birds.
During my lifetime seabird populations have declined by 75% and I have been able to contribute to reverse the decline. For 25 years I have studied the birds on the UK’s Overseas Territory of Ascension Island in the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
My talks are targeted at those that have a general interest in wildlife on islands in the UK Overseas Territories and covers military history, avian science and seabird conservation. In my talks I describe how my work on Ascension has contributed to revering seabird population decline.