Stephen Moss (born in 1960) is an English natural historian,

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, and

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Biography

He is best known for producing

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series, many of them presented by

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, including: *'' Birding with Bill Oddie'' (three series, 1997, 1998, and 2000) *''

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'' (three series, 2001, 2002, and 2003) *'' Wild In Your Garden'' (2003) *'' Bill Oddie's How to Watch Wildlife'' (2004) *''

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'' (2005) *'' Birds Britannia'' (2010) For some of his

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series, he also authored accompanying books. He left the BBC in 2011 to work as a freelancer. He lectures at

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and is a visiting professor at the

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. In 2009, he was one of the first recipients of the

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, at a ceremony at the

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. He is married, with five children, and lives in

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, having moved there from West London.

Radio programmes

* ''A Guide to Garden Birds''

Bibliography

*''BBC Weather Watch'' (BBC Books 1992), , with Paul Simons *''Birds and Weather: A Birdwatchers' Guide'' (Hamlyn 1995), *''The Complete Garden Bird Book: How to Identify and Attract Birds to Your Garden'' (New Holland 1996), , with Mark Golley *''Birding with Bill Oddie'' (BBC Books 1997), , with Bill Oddie *''Attracting Birds to Your Garden'' (New Holland 1998), *''Gardening for Birds: How to Help Birds Make the Most of Your Garden'' (HarperCollins 2000), (repr. 2004 as ''Bird-friendly Garden'') *''Bird Boxes and Feeders: Featuring 11 Step-by-step Woodworking Projects'' (New Holland 2001), , with Alan & Gill Bridgewater *''The Garden Bird Handbook: How to Attract, Identify and Watch the Birds in Your Garden'' (New Holland 2003), *''Understanding Bird Behaviour'' (New Holland 2003), *''How to Birdwatch'' (New Holland 2003), *''Blokes and Birds'' (New Holland 2003), (ed.) *''Garden Birds'' (HarperCollins 2004), *''A Bird in the Bush: A Social History of Birdwatching'' (Aurum 2004), *''Everything You Wanted to Know About Birds… But Were Afraid to Ask!'' (Christopher Helm 2005), *''Bill Oddie's How to Watch Wildlife'' (HarperCollins 2005), , with Bill Oddie and Fiona Pitcher *''This Birding Life: The Best of The Guardian's "Birdwatch"'' (Aurum 2006), *''The Private Life of Birds'' (New Holland 2006), *''Birder's Companion'' (Firefly 2007), *''The Bumper Book of Nature'' (Square Peg), *''A Sky Full of Starlings: A Diary of a Birding Year'' (Aurum 2008), *''Wild Hares and Hummingbirds: The Natural History of an English Village'' (Square Peg, 2011), *''Wild Kingdom: Bringing Back Britain's Wildlife'' (Square Peg, 2016),() *''The Robin: A Biography (Square Peg, 2017) *''The Wren: A Biography (Square Peg, 2018) *''Mrs Moreau's Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names'' (Guardian Faber, 2018) *''Dynasties: The Rise and Fall of Animal Families'' (BBC Books, 2018) with

David Attenborough Sir David Frederick Attenborough (; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster, biologist, natural historian and author. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural histor ...

*''The Accidental Countryside: Hidden Havens for Britain’s Wildlife'' (Guardian Faber, 2020) * ''Skylarks with Rosie: A Somerset Spring'' (Saraband, 2021)

References

External links

Stephen Moss's Twitter stream
(verified a

Articles written by Moss
in ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

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The Official "The Bumper Book of Nature" website with podcasts, quizzes and a blog by Stephen Moss
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moss, Stephen Living people English ornithologists English nature writers 1960 births