Brought up as the son of a doctor in South West England the author spent most of his time as a child and teenager watching wildlife in Cornwall and The Scilly Islands. He was trained as a doctor at Guys Hospital and was a medical officer in Papua New Guinea before returning as the Resident Medical Officer of The Royal Northern Hospital and later became a family doctor in Woodbridge, Suffolk. He was a founder member and one time Chairman of The Aldeburgh Poetry Society and also active in wildlife conservation with the Suffolk Naturalist Trust.
