Biography

Dr Amy Jane Beer is a biologist, nature writer and campaigner, based in North Yorkshire. She is the author of over 30 books on natural history, a Country Diarist for The Guardian, columnist for British Wildlife and regular contributor to BBC Wildlife and Countryfile magazines, among others. She contributed to the 2018 People’s Manifesto for Wildlife as minister for Social Inclusion and Access to Nature, appears regularly at wildlife events such as Birdfair and is co-organiser of the annual New Networks for Nature symposium. Her forthcoming books are A Tree A Day (Batsford), and The Flow: a return to the river (Bloomsbury), the result of many years spent by, on, in and under the fresh running waters of Britain.