Mike Dilger (born 7 November 1966) is an English

ecologist Ecology () is the natural science of the relationships among living organisms and their environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere levels. Ecology overlaps with the closely re ...

, television presenter and the wildlife reporter on the

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television programme ''

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''. He attended the

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...

and UCNW Bangor in north Wales. He has lived in

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

for 10 years since returning from an extensive period working in

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

and

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

as a field biologist.

Career

Television

* Presenter of over 250 items for ''

'' on

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from spring 2007 to present * Reporter for ''Inside Out'' on

for various regions from autumn 2004 to present * Presenter on ''Nature's Top 40'' on

BBC Two BBC Two is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is the corporation's second flagship channel, and it covers a wide range of subject matte ...

in December 2008 * Presenter on ''Wild Gardens'' for ITV in July 2008 * Presenter on ''Nature's Calendar'' on

in Autumn 2006 * Presenter on ''CBeebies Autumnwatch'' in Autumn 2006 and ''CBeebies Springwatch'' in spring 2007 * Presenter on the ''Nature of Britain'' on BBC One West in autumn 2007 * Presenter for ''Hands on Nature'' on

in November 2005 * Reporter on '' Springwatch with Bill Oddie 2005'' on BBC Two from 30 May to 16 June 2005 * On screen contributor for ''British Isles: A Living History'' on BBC One from October to November 2004 * On screen Wildlife Expert for ''The Terry & Gaby Show'' on Channel 5 in 2004 * On screen Contributor for ''Britain Goes Wild'' in May & June 2004 * Presenter for ''Wildlife Uncovered: UK'' on Channel 5 in April 2002, June 2002 & March 2003 * Presenter for ''The Natural History of Christmas'' on Channel 5 in December 2001 & repeated 2003 * Presenter for ''Britain's Wild Invaders'' on Channel 5 in August 2000 & repeated December 2003

Radio

* Contributor on a wide range of wildlife series on

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from 2006 to present * Presenter on ''Extreme Britain'' on

from February to March 2006 * Presenter on ''Wild Underground'' on

in December 2003

Books

* ''One Thousand Shades of Green'' Bloomsbury, 2023. * ''Nightingales in November'' Bloomsbury, 2016. * ''My Garden And Other Animals'' Collins, 2012. * ''Nature's Top 40: Britain's Best Wildlife.'' Collins, 2008. * ''Nature's Babies.'' Collins, 2008.

External links

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dilger, Mike 1966 births Living people English ecologists English television presenters Alumni of Bangor University Alumni of the University of Nottingham People from Stafford Television personalities from Bristol