I had no desire to go into the media, but then nothing else came up so I phoned them up and said lets give it a go. In the end it became clear that I had to leave. It’s a brilliant job. Q&A with Iolo Williams. To see that is a very humbling experience, because it reminds you of just how insignificant we are. You’ll get them hooked and even if they lose interest for a while, you’ve put that seed there and they’ll come back to it later in life. I remember when I was a little lad seeing pictures of polar bears, grizzly bears and blue whales and thinking that it would be great to see these animals, but it will probably never happen. Share. I’m always a little bit nervous about Q&As because I remember giving a talk many moons ago and asking for questions at the end. That was a moment when I thought that was it. Do you adopt the same attitude with your own children? He said, ‘Stand up, put your arms in the air and make lots of noise’. But the thing is that he wasn’t thick. As a result of this, in a World Wide Fund for Nature survey of carbon footprints of ecology personalities, Williams and his family were found to have a low rating of 1.81, compared to a Welsh average of 3.0. We’re concerned about people being overweight and not being active enough and the good thing about getting out and enjoying the wildlife is that you’re getting fit as well. He wasn’t good at history and he wasn’t good at maths, but if someone brought an engine in and took it to bits then he was the only one in that whole room who could have put that engine back together. His son was the composer Edward Williams. In 1997 he made "Visions of Snowdonia" with BBC Wales, which followed the lives of six people living and working on the slopes of the country's highest mountain. Williams and his wife Ceri live near the town of Newtown, Powys. Yes, when they were at primary school, if I was doing something particularly interesting then I’d take them off school. They had one son and two daughters. In 1920 he married Francion Elinor Dixon. Hear more of Iolo’s amazing stories, learn about animal protection and conservation, and get hands-on with local species at Our Wildlife at Kirkley Hall near Ponteland on Sunday 27th September. A little closer to home is there anything we can do to protect the wildlife on our doorstep? What have been the highlights of your career? The son of a headmaster school teacher, Williams was born in Builth Wells, Breconshire, but his family moved to Pembrokeshire, before moving to Montgomeryshire when he was aged five to live in Llanwddyn near Lake Vyrnwy. Chelsea was a safe Unionist seat, so he was not expected to win. [1], After graduation, Williams worked on a farm and then in the timber trade, before joining the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) in 1985, staying for 14 years working in the field and as a regional co-ordinator. He did not stand for parliament again. Everybody can do it. If I was going to see dolphins or adders or puffins then I’d take them with me and they loved it. The only downside is that I’m away from home a lot and the responsibility of looking after my two boys falls to my wife. He made contributions to the Dictionary of National Biography and the Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. I hope I carry on learning new things until the day I die. I worked there for nearly 15 years, but then a new boss came along – we didn’t get on at all. It’s all very well sitting people down in a room and talking, but there’s nothing better than going outside. I pick their brains for the audience, but I’m learning new things as well. This led to his making regular appearances in the media, making a name for himself as a leading expert on Welsh bird life.[2]. When he’s not presenting Springwatch or Countryfile for the BBC, Iolo Williams is travelling the world filming exotic animals ... We were filming a mother and her cubs and we were a good distance away, but for no apparent reason the mother turned, looked at us and charged. He tried to get me to move up into middle management, which meant giving up a lot of the field work and working in an office and I said it’s never going to happen, it’s not me. It’s a great job because wildlife is my hobby and to be paid to work with it is a dream come true. I didn’t leave college with the intent of going into TV, it just happened and every day I pinch myself and think, Iolo you’re a lucky, lucky lad. What are the most bizarre situations you’ve found yourself in? It’s the biggest animal that’s ever lived – it’s heart is the size of a Mini Cooper and a little two-year-old child could swim through the biggest arteries. Oddly enough though if I’d not had that new boss then I’d probably still be working for the RSPB now.
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