My first public talk was at my local North Ayrshire RSPB Members' Group in September 1989. My subject: the Loch Garten Osprey.
At that time, I edited out the elements of artificial nest supports in my painting (left). Then I saw some of Bob Bateman's paintings . . . he showed the damaging effects of human pollution, like garbage tangled around Gulls' legs. I resolved to show the repaired nest tree at Loch Garten, which had been cut down by vandals.
