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Alan Watson Featherstone

ECOLOGIST, NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER AND INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER
FOUNDER OF THE AWARD-WINNING CHARITY TREES FOR LIFE

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Public speaking

Public speaking
Alan speaking at the WILD10 conference in Salamanca, Spain in 2013

I have spoken at events all over the world and can deliver inspiring and stimulating talks on a wide range of subjects, including:

The Caledonian Forest

  • Restoring the Caledonian Forest
  • Glen Affric: a vision for a wild forest     
  • The Importance of Aspen in restoring the Caledonian Forest
  • An Introduction to Plant Galls
  • The Ecology of Aphids
  • The World of Wood Ants
  • Details of many elements of the Caledonian Forest, from fungi and lichens to slime moulds and spiders – I can do a specific presentation on each of these

Rewilding and Ecological Restoration

  • Restoring the Earth: The Essential Work of the 21st Century
  • Rewilding the world, rewilding ourselves

Other ecosystems

  • Araucaria: Ancient Forests of the Andes
  • Tropical rainforests – the womb of life
  • Mangroves: Tidal forests of the tropics
  • Castles of Sand: the sandstone coastline of Moray in Scotland
  • Biodiversity of the Findhorn Hinterland area in Moray, Scotland

Other presentations

  • Climate change and consciousness
  • The Planetary Benefits of a Plant-based Diet
  • The power to make a positive difference – how we can each find our personal power to make a meaningful positive contribution in the world

All of these are accompanied by my own high quality photographs.

I’m also happy to prepare a custom presentation, if there is a specific subject or theme that is of particular interest.

If you’d like me to give a talk to your group or event, please contact me.

I was a keynote speaker at the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) international conference that was held in Manchester, England, in 2015.

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My TEDx talk – Restoring the ancient Caledonian Forest.

TEDx TEDx – Restoring the Caledonian Forest

Recent posts

  • The abundant life of dead wood, part 3
  • The abundant life of dead wood, part 2
  • The abundant life of dead wood, part 1
  • Gannets galore, part 2
  • Gannets galore, part 1

News

  • Rewilding workshop in Glen Affric 4-11 October 2025
  • Rewilding workshops in 2024
  • ‘A Rewilding Journey’ Workshop 27 May – 3 June
  • 2023 Caledonian Forest Engagement Diary now available
  • Revised dates for our next Rewilding workshop: 15 – 22 October 2022.

I’m speaking at…

  • A Rewilding Journey: Rewilding the World and Ourselves – 4 October 2025–
    11 October 2025
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    Ecologist, nature photographer and inspirational speaker. Founder of the award-winning charity Trees for Life that is restoring the Caledonian Forest.

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    16 May

    This is a red birch midget micro-moth (Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella) on a leaf of a silver birch (Betula pendula) on the Findhorn Hinterland today. The second photo includes part of my thumbnail & provides a sense of scale, showing how tiny this micro-moth is!

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    16 May

    Here's a mid-instar nymph of a red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) with an alate or winged silver birch aphid (Euceraphis betulae) riding shotgun on it, on a twig of a silver birch (Betula pendula) on the Findhorn Hinterland today!

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    16 May

    Mid-instar nymph of a red-legged shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) on a silver birch (Betula pendula) on the Findhorn Hinterland today.

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