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Sir Peter Scott

He was an Olympic yachtsman. A popular television presenter. A gliding champion. A painter of repute. A naturalist and ornithologist. A skipper in the Americas Cup. The son of a national hero. The founding chairman of WWF and founder of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust.

He was Sir Peter Scott, the most influential conservationist of the 20th century. Not only was he passionate about nature and conservation, but he was also deeply concerned about the planet’s ability to withstand human demands on its resources – an urgent issue now known as sustainable development. Another of his driving interests was preserving the Antarctic wilderness from human exploitation. Hardly surprising, perhaps, when you consider his father was the legendary Robert Falcon Scott – Scott of the Antarctic.

Sir David Attenborough describes Peter Scott as ‘the patron saint of conservation’ – and it’s hard to disagree. For all his extraordinary achievements, he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society and created a Companion of Honour by Queen Elizabeth in 1987. He died two years later at the age of 79.

I took this photograph of Sir Peter Scott with my godson Kier at Slimbridge in May 1987. It’s not only a favourite photograph, but also a treasured record of a fleeting minute or so spent with a genuinely great man. There's more on him here

Taken in: UK / England / Stroud / Slimbridge (show map)

Taken on: May 28, 1987

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