Occupation Radio presenter Name Brett Westwood | Role Author | |
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Books Natural Histories, Tweet of the Day: A Year of Br, Great White Shark: Ha, Worcestershire Countryside, Great White Shark/Stv | ||
Brett Westwood podcast - Radio presenter for BBC 4 Natural Histories
Brett Westwood is a radio presenter and author, specialising in natural history. He regularly presents episodes of BBC Radio 4's series The Living World and Nature, as well as his own short series, several of which are available from the BBC website. He is a co-presenter with Philippa Forrester of World on the Move, a BBC Radio 4 series that started in 2008 on migration in the animal kingdom. He is active in the West Midland Bird Club, Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, and for the Worcestershire Biological Records Centre, which all cover the area around his home town of Stourbridge.
Contents
- Brett Westwood podcast Radio presenter for BBC 4 Natural Histories
- My Live BBC Autumnwatch Extra Appearance October 28th 2014
- Education
- Radio programmes
- Sample articles
- References
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.
His drawings of birds often appear in, and on the cover of, West Midland Bird Club Bulletins.
He participated in a bird race as part of the 2010 series of the BBC's Springwatch.
On 2 June 2015, Westwood presented the first in a 25-week series, Natural Histories, made in partnership with London's Natural History Museum. The 30-minute programmes set out to tell 'the stories of 25 species that have managed to get under the skin of human society and change the way we see the world.'
My Live BBC Autumnwatch Extra Appearance October 28th 2014
Education
He studied at King Edward's School, Birmingham.