Peter Roberts

Peter Roberts lives on the Scottish island of Islay and has been a keen naturalist since his childhood in London. While birds are his main interest, close contenders include whale-watching, the big game animals of Africa, snorkelling and the study of insects.

A lifelong career has included conservation and wildlife-related work from nature reserve management and teaching wildlife field courses to ornithological survey and research and environmental consultancy.

He was assistant warden on Fair Isle and Warden of Bardsey Bird Observatory for seven years and also spent a year managing the Aldabra Research Station in the Indian Ocean.

Tour-leading over the past 45 years has taken him to over 110 countries worldwide from Antarctica to the Arctic and to all seven continents.

He has an MSc in woodland invertebrate ecology and has published research on various subjects from feeding ecology of fruit bats to bird migration, identification and behaviour through to ecology of seabirds and Red-billed Choughs.

Peter is currently writing a new book on the birds of Islay and Jura.