Biography

Nigel's interest in wildlife and nature was first kindled among the fells surrounding his family home at Sedbergh in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.  

He later went on to become secretary of the schools famous ornithological society which had kept records in the area for an unbroken period of over one hundred years. After going on to study zoology at University College Cardiff he suprisingly chose to set up and manage his own construction company eventually selling uo and "opting out" in 2001 to spend twelve months travelling around and living in South America.  

His passion in life has always been Natural History with a particular interst in seabird ecology closley followed by wildlife photography and the human history of remote islands. This has led him to many remote areas worldwide from the breeding grounds of Ross's Gull  high in the Siberian Arctic to Emperor Penguin rookery's in Antarctica.  

Nigel has a particular fascination for the Svalbard archipelago and his in depth knowledge of the West Coast of Scotland and remote outliers is only equalled by a few.