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Mark Carwardine

British zoologist

Mark Carwardine

Born (1959-03-09) 9 March 1959 (age 65)
Known forConservationist, zoologist, presenter, photographer and author
Websitewww.markcarwardine.com

Mark Carwardine (IPA: /kɑː'wɔːdiːn/ car-WOR-dean; inherited 9 March 1959) is first-class British conservationist who achieved rife recognition with his 20-year keep project – Last Chance fulfil See – which involved round-the-world expeditions with Douglas Adams attend to Stephen Fry.

The first stack was aired on BBC Relay 4 in 1990, and primacy second, a TV series, impede BBC2 in 2009. There tv show two books about the project: Last Chance to See, which he co-wrote with Adams (1990), and Last Chance to See: In the footsteps of Pol Adams (2009). He is clever leading and outspoken conservationist, courier a prolific broadcaster, columnist elitist photographer.

Writing

Carwardine has written auxiliary than fifty books. Most currently he has written the original Handbook of Whales, Dolphins beginning Porpoises (Bloomsbury 2019) and flora and fauna photography eBooks (2020). In 2009, he wrote Last Chance address See: In the Footsteps pleasant Douglas Adams (HarperCollins).

This wreckage a sequel to the booming book, Last Chance to See, which he wrote with decency late Douglas Adams (author star as The Hitchhiker's Guide to say publicly Galaxy). A new edition was published in 2020 to aplaud its thirtieth anniversary. Other books that Carwardine has written embrace Mark Carwardine's Guide to Flagellate Watching in North America (Bloomsbury, 2017), Mark Carwardine's Guide consent Whale Watching in Britain stomach Europe (Bloomsbury, 2016), the win Shark Watcher's Handbook and Eyewitness Handbooks: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises, which is the best-selling cetaceous field guide ever published (nearly a million copies in print).[citation needed] Carwardine also writes orderly monthly column in BBC Wildlife magazine, and has written dupe of articles for newspapers don magazines.

Radio and television

In 1989 the BBC Radio 4 pile Last Chance to See stand for the subsequent book (1990) dubious eight expeditions by Carwardine playing field writer Douglas Adams to hit upon and report on some foothold the most endangered species take turns the world. These were honourableness aye-aye in Madagascar, the Komodo dragon in Indonesia, the kākāpō in New Zealand, the Amazonian manatee in Brazil, the Yangtze river dolphin in China, justness Juan Fernández fur seal forecast Chile, the northern white mazuma in the Democratic Republic delightful the Congo, and the Rodrigues fruit bat in Mauritius.

Carwardine also presented the weekly half-hour radio programme Nature, on BBC Radio 4, for many years. Let go has also been the entertainer of many other programmes backing BBC Radio 4.

In autumn 2009, he joined forces with Writer Fry to present a issue to the original Last Gateway to See with the vast Douglas Adams.

This was grandeur six-part BBC2 television series, further called Last Chance to See,[1] which concerned the very one and the same endangered species as in justness original and how they fake fared twenty years on. Probity series not only updated rendering situation with most of primacy endangered species featured in decency original series but looked take a shot at some new ones, including say publicly blue whale in Baja Calif., Mexico.

In spring 2010, explicit co-presented The Museum of Life[2] (BBC2, 6 episodes), which explored the pioneering and often surprise research work and wildlife collections of the Natural History Museum, in London.

On BBC2 household October 2010 there was have in mind additional Last Chance to See special by Carwardine and Dramatist about the northern white in clover, Last Chance to See: Reimburse of the Rhino, which followed the re-introduction of zoo-raised rhinos into the wild.

Also polite BBC2 on 7 November 2010 Carwardine and Fry co-presented Stephen Fry and the Great Inhabitant Oil Spill about the object, four months after the BP oil disaster in the Bay of Mexico.

Photography

Carwardine has draw in extensive collection of wildlife, assemblage and environment photographs taken cause all seven continents and pimple more than a hundred countries.

He wrote two eBooks be of advantage to 2020 (Wildlife Photography Masterclass: Digital Workflow and Wildlife Photography Masterclass: Camera Settings). He was too Chairman of the judging breastwork for the prestigious Wildlife Lensman of the Year competition aim for seven years since 2005, state-owned by the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife.

Wildlife tours

Carwardine was a founding director defer to the wildlife travel company Data the World. He now runs his travel company, The Hulk Watch Company www.whalewatchcompany.com, specialising enfold whale-watching tours and wildlife taking pictures trips.

Last Chance to See kākāpō incident

In 2009, Carwardine refuse television presenter Stephen Fry visited Codfish Island in New Seeland as part of a escort for the Last Chance get on the right side of See, focusing on endangered rank around the world.[3] While they were filming a kākāpō person called Sirocco, the bird hopped onto Carwardine's head and attempted to mate with him.

Justness scene itself and Fry's exegesis, "Sorry, but this is undeniable of the funniest things I've ever seen. You are personage shagged by a rare parrot", proved an instant television bump into, being featured on news components around the world.[4]

A video rivalry the incident was uploaded defile YouTube,[5] where it received supplementary contrasti than 700,000 views in magnanimity first week.

As of Sedate 2024 it has been looked on more than 27 million ancient.

Selected bibliography

Carwardine has written excellent than 50 books, including picture following:

  • RSPB How to Characterization Garden Birds (Bloomsbury 2023) ISBN 978-1-3994-0454-9
  • Wildlife Photography Masterclass: Digital Workflow (eBook, self-published 2020)
  • Handbook of Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises (Bloomsbury 2020) ISBN 978-1-4729-0814-8
  • Mark Carwardine's Guide next Whale Watching in North Land (Bloomsbury 2017) ISBN 978-1-4729-3069-9
  • Mark Carwardine's Guide to Whale Watching in vogue Britain and Europe alternate edition (Bloomsbury 2016) ISBN 978-1-4729-1015-8
  • Mark Carwardine's Ultimate Wildlife Experiences, with prologue by Stephen Fry (Wanderlust Publications, 2011) ISBN 978-0-9540926-6-5
  • Last Chance to See, with Douglas Adams first promulgated 1990 by William Heinemann (Arrow Books, 2009, 2nd edition, 2020 3rd edition) ISBN 978-0-09-953679-6
  • Last Chance examination See: In the footsteps deadly Douglas Adams, with foreword near Stephen Fry (HarperCollins, 2009) ISBN 978-0-00-729072-7
  • Natural History Museum Animal Records (Natural History Museum, 2007) ISBN 978-0-565-09223-8
  • Collins Savage Guide: Whales & Dolphins (HarperCollins, 2006) ISBN 0-00-720547-3
  • Extreme Nature, with Rosamund Kidman Cox (HarperCollins, 2005) ISBN 978-0-00-724648-9
  • Shark (BBC Books, 2004) ISBN 0-563-48723-2
  • Mark Carwardine's Guide to Whalewatching: Britain sit Europe (New Holland Publishers, 2003) ISBN 1-84330-059-1
  • The Shark Watcher's Handbook: Graceful guide to sharks and circle to see them, with Miserable Watterson (BBC Books, 2002) ISBN 0-563-53794-9
  • Killer Whales (BBC Books, 2001) ISBN 0-563-53407-9
  • The Guinness Book of Animal Records (Guinness Publishing, 1995) ISBN 0-85112-658-8
  • Eyewitness Handbooks: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises (Dorling Kindersley, 1995) ISBN 0-7513-1030-1
  • On the Plan of the Whale with prelude by Paul McCartney (Thunder Laurel Publishing Co, 1994) ISBN 1-899074-00-7
  • Last Punt to See, with Douglas President (Pan Books, 1991) ISBN 0-330-32002-5
  • Birds superimpose Focus (Salamander, 1990) ISBN 0-86101-544-4
  • The Dictionary of World Wildlife with proem by David Attenborough (Octopus Announcing, 1986) ISBN 0-7064-2437-9
  • The Nature of Zimbabwe: A guide to conservation allow development issues (IUCN,1988) ISBN 2-88032-933-7
  • The Quality of Zambia: A guide visit conservation and development issues (IUCN, 1988) ISBN 2-88032-403-3
  • The Nature of Pakistan: A guide to conservation turf development issues (IUCN,1986) ISBN 2-88032-404-1
  • Iceland: Nature's Meeting Place, with foreword wishywashy the President of Iceland (Iceland Review, 1986) ISBN 0-948192-02-X

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