About the event

Presented by Shrewsbury U3A & Shropshire Wildlife Trust. 

Iolo Williams is a Welsh naturalist, broadcaster, public speaker and writer who’s worked in conservation for over 30 years.

After graduating with a degree in ecology, he went on to work for the RSPB for almost 15 years as Species Officer for Wales, a job he loved as he worked with some of the country’s rarest breeding birds.

He is now best known as a presenter of Countryfile, popular member of the Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch presenting team and for series’ such as Wild Wales, Rugged Wales and Great Welsh Parks for BBC 2.

In his Borders Wildlife talk, Iolo takes us on a fascinating journey along the Welsh borders as he describe some of the incredible habitats and wildlife that calls this area home, from bitterns and rare bees to dancing damselflies, buzzing meadows, breeding terns and spectacular wintering wader flocks.