Ben Hoare

I am super proud to be a nature nerd. I have always been obsessed by animals, plants and other living things.

Since graduating from university in 1996, I have written and edited enough natural-history books and magazines to fill our bookshelves to overflowing. I count my lucky stars that sharing my passion is how I earn a living.

Home is a sleepy village in the Quantock Hills of Somerset, where I live with my wife, two daughters, a Labrador and a flock of unruly chickens.

My two girls call me the word policeman.