Iolo Williams is a TV presenter, naturalist, conservationist, writer, public speaker and tour guide.
We are passionate about running informative and inspirational wildlife experiences. Since moving to the Isle of Mull seven years ago, Conor has spent countless hours exploring the hills, coasts and forests of Mull by foot and by sea kayak.
Group sizes are kept to around four to six people to keep noise to a minimum, and accommodation is in simple mountain refuges with communally prepared evening meals. Iolo Williams tour dates listed on Ents24.com since Aug 2014. Ewan is very friendly & extremely knowledgeable & passionate about the local wildlife. Find out more, The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. These and other Northern specialities which we have so far failed to mention – from Tysties to Linties (Black Guillemots to Twites) – will all have been enjoyed at some point but today is designed as a day to take stock, make an effort to see anything that is missing but mainly just to soak up the whole Shetland Nature experience in its entirety.
Throughout the holiday some of the activities will potentially involve walks of up to three or four miles (maximum in a day) and at times over uneven terrain.
Convocations of eagles, Otters feeding on Scorpionfish, Hen Harriers quartering the moors, stunning wild winter scenes and much more!
Since then, he’s been extremely busy on and off screen, filming and guiding around the UK and beyond. Iolo Williams, the wildlife expert and television presenter, leads winter tours from Tobermory to seek out seals, otters, minke whales and dolphins in coastal waters. Over breakfast with Iolo on the last morning guests have time to reflect and discuss the highlights, species and spectacles of the holiday before transfer and departures after. Designed by a native Shetlander, this eight day wildlife adventure showcases the Shetland Islands, its cultural heritage and, most of all, its outstanding natural environment like no other. With patience, persistence and our local knowledge we hope to connect with this charismatic and nationally very rare breeding wader. On booking please advise of any special requirements medical or dietary. Imprint. (We will inform you of Ioloâs flight bookings, so that you can fly and travel together if you wish). Featuring high on the itinerary target list Iolo will be especially keen to showcase species he enjoyed on the very popular BBC Springwatch TV series he presented in 2015 such as the Red-necked Phalarope, Great Skua, Puffin and Otter – all of which were profiled on the series. We begin our voyage of discovery in the South Mainland, at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Sumburgh Head reserve, with its thousands of breeding seabirds, including Fulmars, Guillemots, Razorbills, Kittiwakes and our first Puffins!
Private Tour Options: This holiday can also be arranged exclusively for private booing for couples, families or small groups. Together with the local knowledge and expertise of a team of wildlife guides this action packed itinerary provides informed and exclusive insight from several naturalist guides into the best of the islands wildlife. Ewan is the 'Regional Co-ordinator' for all BTO Surveys for Northern Argyll. Questions to Leica Birders! Even at -11 and with a strong wind, the binocs never let me down. All Rights Reserved. ", "As soon as we met Ewan, he remembered us from a previous trip on a whale watching boat that he used to volunteer on which shows he is a 'person person'. The Orcas and Aurora tour departs in February, from £1,079 for three nights’ B&B, including one dinner.
As such, I am one of the invited speakers at the Hen Harrier Day being held at the RSPB’s Arne reserve in Dorset on Sunday 7th August. A reasonable level of fitness is advised however this is run at a leisurely pace. Target species here include- Giant Anteater, Tapir, Ocelot, Armadillo, Crab-eating Fox, Crab-eating Racoon, Potoos, Owls etc. Itineraries also take in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park and the National Elk Refuge near Jackson Hole, staying in remote lodges.
On our way back we will we stop off at Urafirth to admire one of the few remaining mainland colonies of the beautiful and nationally scarce Oysterplant. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.
Flight to Sao Paulo GRU Airport. As a former RSPB warden on Fetlar few are better placed than Martha Smith to offer a unique insight into one of the Nations rarest and most charismatic breeding waders the Red-necked Phalarope, for which the island is renowned. Along the way, we have chances to see Great Rheas, Armadillo, Giant Anteater, etc. He has presented more than 20 series for BBC Wales and S4C and, for the past 6 years, has been one of the regular team of presenters on the BBC’s popular “Springwatch’, ‘Autumnwatch’ and ‘Winterwatch’ programmes. Ewan created Nature Scotland in 2016 as he was passionate about the potential of providing nature-based experiences that are a more powerful education, research and conservation tool. Join Iolo on this fabulous wildlife watching tour. Call of the Winter Wild: Wilderness, Moose, Wolves & Nature at Pyna-Tee-Ah Lodge departs from January to April from £3,185 for seven nights full-board with transfers. The Sweden in Winter tour departs Feb 14, from £1,595 for three nights, full-board, including flights and transfers.