I am a conservationist by profession, with 30+ years experience of statutory nature conservation in Britain; an ecologist by training; and a naturalist by inclination. My passion is communication, as a lecturer, tour leader, author and broadcaster, trying to convey some of my enthusiasm for the natural world.
My talks are fully illustrated with my own images, and typically last 1-1.5 hours, according to need.
Example titles are given below (although all can be tailored to the audience or location):
- Gardening with Wildlife in Mind
- Wildlife & Conservation of the Essex Coast
- Wildlife & Conservation in Essex
- East Anglian Wildlife & its Conservation
- The British coastline – its natural history
- An East Anglian story – the influence of geology, history, climate and other factors on our present-day wildlife and landscape
- Wild flowers of Essex
- Botanical hotspots of the British Isles
- Moths & Butterflies of Britain
- Mediterranean Wildlife
- The Balearics in Bloom
- Wildlife & Wild Places of Menorca
- The magic of the Pyrenees
- The Western Rhodope mountains
- Our changing wildlife – the influence of climate change
- The world in a grain of sand – a close-up look at the insects and other wildlife we often miss in search of the bigger picture
- Fingerprints on the Landscape – 30 years of conserving Essex wildlife
In addition, talks can be built around other geographic localities: the Cevennes; the Burren; the Algarve; the Danube Delta; North-east Italy & Slovenia; Greece; Crete; Cyprus; Kenya; Cape May.
Also, more specialised talks and courses can be arranged covering Coastal Ecology; Breckland; Nature Conservation – principles and practice; Parasitic Plants and any combination or subset of the topics above!
Costs
North Essex/south Suffolk – £100 plus expenses
Elsewhere in East Anglia – £140 plus expenses
Further afield – please ask for quotation
Please contact me at
Email: chrismothman@btinternet.com
Tel: 07887 351596
or through the Contact link of this website
BOOKINGS FOR 2020
February 11 – Felixstowe Horticulture Society – ‘Gardening with Wildlife in Mind’
November 20 – Mersea Museum – Abberton Reservoir, Managed Realignment and Offshore Wind: sustainable development in action
December 14 – Three Villages Gardening Club – ‘Gardening with Wildlife in Mind’
BOOKINGS FOR 2019
February 12 – Mersea Island Horticultural Society – ‘Gardening with Wildlife in Mind’
February 17 – Cockaynes Wood Trust Open Meeting – ‘Cockaynes Wildlife in Close Up – the Good of Small Things’
May 12 – Tendring Eco Group – ‘Climate change: the issues and some solutions‘
May 29 – St Lawrence Wildlife Talks (contact here) – ‘Gardening with Wildlife in Mind’
August 6 – Great Tey Women’s Institute – title TBC
December 11 – Suffolk Wildlife Trust, Ipswich Group – ‘An East Anglian Story‘
BOOKINGS FOR 2018
January 16 – Great Bentley Gardening Club – ‘Gardening with Wildlife in Mind’
February 1 – Tiptree Gardening Club – ‘Gardening with Wildlife in Mind’
February 21 – Ipswich Suffolk Wildlife Trust – ‘Wildlife & Wild Places of Menorca’
March 17 – Essex Birdwatching Society Conference – ‘Conserving the Coastal Birds of Essex – Reflections from 30-years on the front line’
April 4 – Wheathampstead Horticultural Society – ‘Gardening with Wildlife in Mind’
September 14 – Castle Hedingham Garden Club – ‘Gardening with Wildlife in Mind’
November 19 – West Bergholt Gardeners’ Association – ‘The What, Why & Where of Essex Wildflowers’