NATURALSPEAKER: THE SPEAKER WITH A DIFFERENCE

NEED AN EXPERIENCED NATURALIST? A NATURALSPEAKER? SOMEONE TO TALK ABOUT THE NATURAL WORLD? A SPEAKER WITH A DIFFERENCE? SOMEONE TO MOTIVATE YOUR CONFERENCE? THEN I’M YOUR MAN!

My presentations are based on experiences from around the world as a naturalist and guide, and enhanced with stunning images - ideal for a wildlife talk, a conference, or a school presentation. From the diversity of life in the rainforest to the dazzling landscape of Antarctica my presentations are guaranteed to stimulate and motivate you for the rest of the day and beyond!

I can speak on a range of travel, wildlife and environmental topics tailored to your needs including school projects, university seminars, travel clubs & shows, conservation workshops and lectures and recaps on wildlife cruises.

Renowned as an enthusiastic speaker, check out my references from previous clients, and some of the articles on my wildlife experiences - from swimming with dolphins and sharks - to dispelling the misconception about shark attacks.

I was also a founder member of the PSA - the Professional Speakers Association - and my Evolving for the Future format is specifically tailored for business conferences - a format that applies examples from the natural world to the business sphere.

Check out my three most popular talks with a wildlife and exploration theme - Discovering the Rainforest Realm, Exploring the Frozen Realm and Exploring the Ocean Realm.

And check out Wildlife Cruises for the broad range of lectures and recaps with a wildlife theme that I can offer for expedition cruising - and my relevant skills.

Based on my personal experiences, with plenty of pictures, topics include:

  • Wales & Dolphins
  • Seabirds
  • Seals
  • Sharks
  • Antarctica
  • Photography

 I can also drive zodiacs on expedition ships (qualified BSAC Dive Cox to RYA standards that includes competence in boat handling as well as picking up and dropping off divers) with experience in the Arctic (Svalbard), Antarctica, South Georgia, the Falklands, the Indian Ocean, Iceland, and throughout the British Isles.

OTHER SUBJECTS AND TALKS INCLUDE

  • British wildlife - from appreciating our reptiles & amphibians (read how to create a pond and make a reptile hibernacula) to British birds.
  • Canaries - The Fabled Islands
  • Cape Verdes - The Atlantic Crossroads
  • Ecotourism - The way ahread or hype? Based on my experiences of ecotourism around the world from the Amazon to Antarctica, Patagonia to the Caribbean, and from Nepal to The Gambia. Also from my experience of ecotourism workshops, being a member of Tourism Concern and speaking about ’What is Ecotourism’ at the Darwin Centre live lecture series at the Natural History Museum.
  • Enterprise Neptune - My experiences as the Ship’s naturalist on a sailing expedition to commemorate the 500 years since Bartolomeu Dias rounded the Cape of Good Hope. Includes some great wildlife encounters and some epic adventures, surviving storms at sea and a car crash in the Namibian desert!
  • Lemurs of the Lost World - a look at the wildlife of Madagascar.
  • Saving Our Seas - based on my own experiences and involvement with the Marine Conservation Society.
  • Patagonian Safari - explore the amazing landscape of patagonia.
  • Quest for the 'Rainbow Bird’- based on the 1982 St. Vincent Parrot expedition to the Caribbean to find the St. Vincent parrot amongst the exotic rainforest and cuture of St. Vincent.
  • Talks on on some great places from Nepal to Thailand, Iceland to the Seychelles, and Svalbard to the dramatic British coastline.
  • The Marco Polo Voyage - an exciting sailing expedition in a traditional saiing junk from Hong Kong to Shanghai and back. Dodging typhoons (and been fired at by Taiwanese troops on small islands just of the Chinese mainland), this took place in 1990, a unique time just as the old China was opening up.
  • The Day the Earth Cracked! - A fun and fascinating look at the geology of our coastlines, the ocean floor, and plate tectonics. With plenty of pictures to show how interesting geology can be. After all, geology makes the British coastline one of the most diverse in the World! 
  • Take Your Breath Away! A fun look at free diving in humans and other animals (currently I can free dive to 28m and hold my breath for 4 minutes 45 seconds).