Wednesday 8 July 2015

Iolo Williams - Honorary Fellow

Congratulations to Iolo on being awarded an Honorary Fellowship of Aberystwyth University for his contribution to ornithology and conservation.  His Fellowship will be conferred at the Degree Ceremony on Friday 17th July.
The official notice is:-

 Iolo Williams
Iolo Williams is originally of Llanwddyn in north Powys. After gaining a degree in ecology at the North East London Polytechnic, he worked briefly in forestry and on a hill farm before starting work with the RSPB in 1985. As Species Officer for Wales, his roles included monitoring scarce breeding birds, giving management advice to large landowners and investigating crimes against wild birds. After almost 15 years in this post, he started working for BBC Wales and S4C. As well as more than 20 series for both BBC Wales and S4C, he has presented several network series such as Birdman, Nature's Top 40, Wild Wales and, for the past 6 years, Springwatch, Autumnwatch and Winterwatch.
Iolo Williams will be presented during Ceremony 8 on Friday afternoon, 17 July.