Stephen Moss
Stephen Moss (born in 1960) is an English natural historian, birder, author, and television producer.
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Nationality | British |
Known for | Wildlife documentaries; accompanying books |
Awards | Dilys Breese Medal |
Biography
He is best known for producing wildlife series, many of them presented by Bill Oddie, including:
- Birding with Bill Oddie (three series, 1997, 1998, and 2000)[1]
- Bill Oddie Goes Wild (three series, 2001, 2002, and 2003)[1]
- Wild In Your Garden (2003)
- Bill Oddie's How to Watch Wildlife (2004)[1]
- Springwatch with Bill Oddie (2005)[1]
- Birds Britannia (2010)[1]
For some of his BBC series, he also authored accompanying books. He left the BBC in 2011 to work as a freelancer.[1] He lectures at Bath Spa University and is a visiting professor at the University of Nottingham.[2][3]
In 2009, he was one of the first recipients of the British Trust for Ornithology's Dilys Breese Medal, at a ceremony at the House of Lords.[4]
He is married, with five children and lives in Somerset, having moved there from West London.
Radio programmes
- A Guide to Garden Birds[5]
Bibliography
- BBC Weather Watch (BBC Books 1992), ISBN 0-563-36486-6, with Paul Simons
- Birds and Weather: A Birdwatchers' Guide (Hamlyn 1995), ISBN 0-600-58679-0
- The Complete Garden Bird Book: How to Identify and Attract Birds to Your Garden (New Holland 1996), ISBN 1-85368-580-1, with Mark Golley
- Birding with Bill Oddie (BBC Books 1997), ISBN 0-563-38748-3, with Bill Oddie
- Attracting Birds to Your Garden (New Holland 1998), ISBN 1-85368-569-0
- Gardening for Birds: How to Help Birds Make the Most of Your Garden (HarperCollins 2000), ISBN 0-00-220168-2 (repr. 2004 as Bird-friendly Garden)
- Bird Boxes and Feeders: Featuring 11 Step-by-step Woodworking Projects (New Holland 2001), ISBN 1-85974-175-4, with Alan & Gill Bridgewater
- The Garden Bird Handbook: How to Attract, Identify and Watch the Birds in Your Garden (New Holland 2003), ISBN 1-84330-124-5
- Understanding Bird Behaviour (New Holland 2003), ISBN 1-84330-151-2
- How to Birdwatch (New Holland 2003), ISBN 1-84330-154-7
- Blokes and Birds (New Holland 2003), ISBN 1-84330-484-8 (ed.)
- Garden Birds (HarperCollins 2004), ISBN 0-00-717614-7
- A Bird in the Bush: A Social History of Birdwatching (Aurum 2004), ISBN 1-85410-993-6
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Birds… But Were Afraid to Ask! (Christopher Helm 2005), ISBN 0-7136-6815-6
- Bill Oddie's How to Watch Wildlife (HarperCollins 2005), ISBN 0-00-718455-7, with Bill Oddie and Fiona Pitcher
- This Birding Life: The Best of The Guardian's "Birdwatch" (Aurum 2006), ISBN 1-84513-180-0
- The Private Life of Birds (New Holland 2006), ISBN 1-84537-422-3
- Birder's Companion (Firefly 2007), ISBN 978-1-55407-212-5
- The Bumper Book of Nature (Square Peg), ISBN 978-0-224-08616-5
- A Sky Full of Starlings: A Diary of a Birding Year (Aurum 2008), ISBN 1-84513-353-6
- Wild Hares and Hummingbirds: The Natural History of an English Village (Square Peg, 2011), ISBN 9780099552468
- Wild Kingdom: Bringing Back Britain's Wildlife (Square Peg, 2016),(ISBN 9780099581635)
- The Robin: A Biography (Square Peg, 2017) ISBN 9781910931318
- The Wren: A Biography (Square Peg, 2018) ISBN 9781910931936
- Mrs Moreau's Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names (Guardian Faber, 2018) ISBN 9781783350902
- Dynasties: The Rise and Fall of Animal Families (BBC Books, 2018) ISBN 978-1785943010 with David Attenborough
- The Accidental Countryside: Hidden Havens for Britain’s Wildlife (Guardian Faber, 2020) ISBN 978-1783351640
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References
- "Stephen Moss - TV Producer". Stephen Moss. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- "Stephen Moss". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- "Stephen Moss | Personal Statement". Bath Spa University. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- Whitby, Max. "A Gong For Barclay". BirdGuides. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2011.
- "A Guide to Garden Birds". BBC Radio 4. 2007. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
External links
- Stephen Moss's Twitter stream (verified at )
- Articles written by Moss in The Guardian
- Mabbett, Andy. "Review of Blokes and Birds". Archived from the original on 8 January 2009.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- The Official "The Bumper Book of Nature" website with podcasts, quizzes and a blog by Stephen Moss
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