I am a conservationist by profession, with 30+ years experience of statutory nature conservation in Britain; an ecologist by training; and a naturalist by inclination. My passion is communication, as a lecturer, tour leader, author and broadcaster, trying to convey some of my enthusiasm for the natural world.

My talks are fully illustrated with my own images, and typically last 1-1.5 hours, according to need. Please note I am happy to deliver talks by Zoom, especially for those groups with their own Pro account.

Example titles are given below (although all can be tailored to the audience or location). Prices are given at the bottom of the page.

POPULAR TOPICS

P1           Gardening with Wildlife in Mind

P2             Insects – Friend or Foe?

P3           Our Changing Wildlife – the influence of the climate crisis

P4          The What, Where and Why of Essex Wild Flowers

P5           Wildlife and Conservation of the Essex Coast

P6          The Wild Side of Beth Chatto’s Garden

P7            Plant ID the WildGuides way – your springboard to better botany (A New Field-guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland)

P8           Britain’s Moths and Butterflies

ESSEX

E1          Wildlife and Conservation of the Essex Coast

E2           Wildlife and Conservation in Essex

E3           The What, Where and Why of Essex Wild Flowers

E4           Fingerprints on the Landscape – 30 years of conserving Essex wildlife

E5           The Wild Side of Beth Chatto’s Garden

BOTANY etc

B1        The What, Where and Why of Essex Wild Flowers

B2          Gardening with Wildlife in Mind

B3          Botanical Hotspots of the British Isles

B4          The Mysterious World of Parasitic Plants

B5          The Magic of Mushrooms

B6          The Diversity of Galls … and gall-causers

B7            A New Field-guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland

B8            What’s in a name: botanical nomenclature, taxonomy and classification

INVERTEBRATES

I1            Getting to know your Garden Invertebrates

I2             The World in a Grain of Sand – a close-up look at the insects and other wildlife we often miss in  search of the bigger picture

I3          Britain’s Moths and Butterflies

I4            Insects – Friend or Foe?

I5           The Diversity of Galls … and gall-causers

THE COAST

C1          The British Coastline – its natural history

C2          Life by the Sea: how to survive and thrive in the maritime fringe

UK

U1          An East Anglian story – the influence of geology, history, climate and other factors on our present-day wildlife and landscape

U2          The British Coastline – its natural history

U3          Botanical Hotspots of the British Isles

U4          Britain’s Moths and Butterflies

U5           Life by the Sea: how to survive and thrive in the maritime fringe

U6           Our Changing Wildlife – the influence of the climate crisis

U7           Creatures of the Night – the effect of artificial light on nocturnal nature

FURTHER AFIELD

F1           Mediterranean Wildlife

F2           The Balearics in Bloom

F3           Wildlife and Wild Places of Menorca

F4            The Magic of the Pyrenees

F5            The Western Rhodope Mountains

Costs for talks

North Essex/south Suffolk – £110 plus expenses

Elsewhere in East Anglia – £160 plus expenses 

Further afield – please ask for quotation

Zoom talks – £50 for 30 minute talk using free account

                           £80 for hour talk using the group’s pro account

                           £100 for hour talk if I need to use my pro account

We are very happy also to offer daytime events, anything from an hour to a full day, especially outside the winter months, under our banner of #BringingNatureToYOU. This can include training events in botanical and invertebrate identification, and on-site advice about gardening with wildlife in mind. Costs start at min £15/hour, plus expenses.

Please contact me at

Email: chrismothman@btinternet.com

Tel:     07887 351596

or through the Contact link of this website