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 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
P5 The What, Where and Why of Essex Wild Flowers
P6 Wildlife and Conservation of the Essex Coast
P7 The Wild Side of Beth Chatto’s Garden
P8 A New Field-guide to the Wild Flowers of Britain and Ireland
P9 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
