Chris Packham

TV presenter, photographer and conservationist Chris Packham is one of the nation’s favourite naturalists. He is best known for the BAFTA-winning The Really Wild Show and fronting BBC’s Springwatch and Autumnwatch. Packham is president of the British Trust for Ornithology, Hawk Conservancy Trust, the Hampshire Ornithological Society and the Bat Conservation Trust and vice-president of the RSPB and the Butterfly Conservation. In 2011, he was awarded the British Trust for Ornithology's Dilys Breese Medal for his ‘outstanding work in promoting science to new audiences’, and in 2016 he won the Wildscreen Panda Award for Outstanding Achievement, for his contribution to wildlife filmmaking.

Packham's partner Charlotte Corney owns the Isle of Wight Zoo, and his step-daughter is studying zoology at Liverpool University. He lives in the New Forest.

Books by Chris Packham

Fingers in the Sparkle Jar

Chris Packham

A beautifully told, deeply personal growing-up memoir from the BBC presenter about life, death, love and nature.

Chris Packham's Birdwatching Guide

Chris Packham

Chris Packham enthusiastically invites you into his world of birdwatching

Springwatch: Great British Walks

Luke Waterson

To coincide with a new series of the BAFTA-winning BBC series, a collection of 100 unforgettable walks to help you connect with nature, from the experts at Springwatch