Following a Zoology degree and PhD, Katty Baird continued in academia as a postdoctoral research fellow, studying insect-plant interactions. She now works as an ecologist, recording and monitoring invertebrates throughout Scotland. She is shortlisted for NBN wildlife recording award 2020. In 2019/20 she wrote a popular blog, recording moths on the Whittingehame Estate in East Lothian.
‘An utter delight . . . A wonderful and insightful reminder of the pleasures (and importance) of spending time immersed and distracted by the natural world’ Professor Helen Roy MBE. HON. FRES ‘This book is a revelation . . . Baird is a captivating guide to the surprising world of this astonishingly diverse creature – and indeed, that of the people who pursue them’ Susan Flockhart, The Herald