Stephen Moss Explained
Stephen Moss (born in 1960) is a British natural historian, birder, author, and television producer.
Early life
Moss gained an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Cambridge.[1]
Career
Moss is best known for producing wildlife series for the BBC, many of them presented by Bill Oddie, including:
For some of his series, Moss also authored accompanying books. He left the BBC in 2011 to work as a freelancer.[2] He lectures at Bath Spa University and is a visiting professor at the University of Nottingham.[3] [1]
In 2009, Moss was one of the first recipients of the British Trust for Ornithology's Dilys Breese Medal, at a ceremony at the House of Lords.[4]
Personal life
Moss is married, with five children, and lives in Somerset, having moved there from West London.[5]
Radio programmes
- A Guide to Garden Birds[6]
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
- The Accidental Countryside: Hidden Havens for Britain’s Wildlife (Guardian Faber, 2020)
- The Swallow: A Biography (Square Peg, 2020)
- Skylarks with Rosie: A Somerset Spring (Saraband, 2021)
- The Swan: A Biography (Square Peg, 2021)
- The Owl: A Biography (Square Peg, 2023)
- The Starling: A Biography (Square Peg, 2024) ISBN 9781529908282
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Stephen Moss Personal Statement . . 11 June 2019.
- Web site: Stephen Moss - TV Producer . Stephen Moss . 11 June 2019.
- Web site: Stephen Moss . The Guardian . 11 June 2019.
- Web site: A Gong For Barclay . Whitby . Max . BirdGuides. 15 January 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110722042948/http://www.birdguides.com/webzine/article.asp?print=1&a=1827 . 22 July 2011 .
- Moss, Stephen, Skylarks with Rosie: A Somerset Spring (Salford: Saraband, 2021), p. 10.
- Web site: A Guide to Garden Birds. BBC Radio 4. 2007. 24 March 2020.
