A professional biologist with wide experience of working both in the UK and overseas, Rory Putman takes us with him on working trips to Iceland, East Africa, Nigeria and Indonesia, introducing us to the countries and their people, their natural history, and explaining some of the wildlife issues which have prompted himself and his colleagues to travel there in the first place. The stories cover episodes from more than four decades of working as a jobbing biologist overseas.

The understanding required to solve problems and seek solutions to  particular issues related to management and conservation of wildlife means that in some way the observer becomes much more intimately engaged, and perhaps gains a different perspective of the country and its culture than might be apparent to a more casual ‘outside’ onlooker. To some extent, that deeper involvement enables Rory Putman to give the reader more of an inside view and introduction to the countries and their wildlife from a wholly personal perspective.

Like many other enthusiastic naturalists, the author enjoyed experiencing new habitats and seeing wonderful and exotic species on his travels and this engaging book will carry the reader along on the journey.  

This will be of particular interest to everyone with an interest and affinity for wildlife, the natural world and who enjoys a good read.

'...This book is easy to read and I thoroughly enjoyed what are essentially snapshots over three decades in Rory Putman's life as a biologist'. Alan Stewart, Wildlife Detective

'...Rory ... skilfully blends together an engaging raft of observations on the natural history, the peoples he encountered and their culture on these working trips. ...this engaging book carries the reader along on the journey'. Lochaber Times

'...Rory writes both in a factual, entertaining and always engaging discourse of his exploits as a 'professional observer' of animals over many years'. Lochaber Life

'...a cameo glimpse of four countries as he recounts trips from the 1960s to the 1990s in his new book'. The Scotsman Magazine

'...is easy to read and I thoroughly enjoyed what are essentially snapshots over three decades in Rory Putmans' life as a biologist'. Wildlife Detective

'...gives a brilliant insight into the management and conservation of wildlife... Rory's enthusiasm for wildlife and discovering wonderful and exotic species shines through this excellent and different book'. Our Man on the Ground Travel and Lifestyle

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