Roger Lovegrove was RSPB Director for Wales for 27 years and since retirement has been a member of the board of The Countryside Council for Wales, served on the Forestry Commission Advisory Committee for Wales, was chair of the Welsh woodland initiative (Ty Coed), and founder and later chairman of the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust. For twelve years he also served as a wildlife inspector for DEFRA. He is the author of some ten books, including Birds of Wales, The Red Kite's Tale, and more recently Silent Fields.
Lovegrove manages to capture each island's identity and mystery and transmits his affection for these faraway places. Northern Echo This book is a pleasure to read. The author's style is crisp, vivid and clear. Tony Marr, Ibis