ShanbaTat

Hi! How did you get into bird preservation as a career?

It's a long story. I'm not a scientist or an ecologist as you may expect. I even once worked as a management consultant! But I went to see the National Parks in the US and had a revelation that I wanted to do something that felt more meaningful to me. I worked for the National Trust and the Woodland Trust and then came to the RSPB as it felt like somewhere I could make a difference to the climate and nature crisis, which I believe is the challenge of our generation.

Thanks for this. Some day I want to get more involved in a similar field.

We had an English Mastiff while I was growing up and this happened to him as well! I just assumed it was because his skin was generally so floppy.