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Roy Dennis

Born

Hampshire, England

Genre

Birds, Rewilding, Environment

Influences

George Waterston, John Alexander Harvie-Brown, James Ritchie. Aldo Leo ...more

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Roy Dennis (b. 1940) is an English field naturalist. He has worked in conservation, rare species recording and species reintroductions, as well as directing projects fro the RSPB and other organisations. As a broadcaster and educator, he has made documentaries and been a regular presenter on the BBC's Autumnwatch and Springwatch, as well as other programmes.

After school he spent time at bird observatories on the islands of Lundy and Fair Isle where he met and worked with ornithologist George Waterston, who attempted to reintroduce the white-tailed eagle to Britain in the 1960s.

Dennis has worked in the Highlands and islands of Scotland since 1959, and has been involved in reintroducing white-tailed eagles, red kites and beavers there. He ran ...more

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Average rating: 3.94 · 216 ratings · 38 reviews · 16 distinct works • Similar authors

	Restoring the Wild: Sixty Years of Rewilding Our Skies, Woods and Waterways 3.88 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cottongrass Summer 4.11 avg rating — 61 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life of Ospreys 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mistletoe Winter 3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Puffins (Worldlife Library Series) by Roy Dennis, Colin Baxter (Photographer) 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Loons liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ospreys (Worldlife Library Series) by Roy Dennis, Colin Baxter (Photographer) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1991	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Highland Cow and the Horse of the Woods: How Highland cattle can help save the capercaillie liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peregrine Falcons by Roy Dennis, Colin Baxter (Photographer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Loch: A Year in the Life of a Scottish Loch by Roy Dennis, Peter Moore (Photographer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The early years of Scottish Natural Heritage in the early 1990s was a time of promise and hope for nature, an era when we thought we could do great things for Scotland's wildlife and environment.”
― Roy Dennis, Restoring the Wild: Sixty Years of Rewilding Our Skies, Woods and Waterways

tags: 1990s, environment, nature, scotland, scottish-natural-heritage, wildlife-conservation

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“Of all the species in this chapter, the lynx is the one which could be introduced most easily. It would contribute markedly to ecosystem functions by hunting and disturbing roe deer, as well as acting as a potential apex predator on middle-guild mammal predators such as fox, badger and marten, which are now very common. It would also restore an iconic and charismatic large cat, the size of a small labrador dog, to its former Scottish range, which could bring real ecotourism benefits. The proposal has been talked about since the early 1990s - over the years, the feasibility research on the species has been of the highest standard - and it's a disgrace to UK wildlife conservation that the species is still absent.”
― Roy Dennis, Restoring the Wild: Sixty Years of Rewilding Our Skies, Woods and Waterways

tags: european-lynx, roe-deer, scotland, species-reintroduction, wildlife-conservation

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“From an environmental point of view I have always believed that some of our native hardy breeds of cattle, such as Highlanders and Galloways, could be used in many nature conservation areas to replicate the activities of the ancient ox. This would be especially true if they were bred back to be capable of surviving all year round on natural vegetation, and were not to receive supplementary feeding or medicines.”
― Roy Dennis, Restoring the Wild: Sixty Years of Rewilding Our Skies, Woods and Waterways

tags: aurochs, cattle, galloway-cattle, highland-cattle, native-breeds, nature-conservation

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