Patrick Roper Hon. DBA, FLS, FRES

Octogenarian writer, ecologist, biodiversity researcher, recorder, and naturalist from Sedlescombe near Hastings, East Sussex, England.

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Ramblings of a Naturalist
The Square Metre (as featured on BBC‘s The One Show and Springwatch).
Windowbox Wildlife (also featured on Springwatch — the windowbox was transported to their filming location on Islay, Scotland for a starring role. Here are some posts about that adventure).
Brede High Woods
From the Kitchen Window
Rowans, Whitebeams and Service Trees
Changing Sussex Wildlife
Whatlington in TQ7681

ECOS Interviews: Patrick Roper — An interview with me.
Brede High Woods — A book I wrote about this High Weald woodland, near Hastings in East Sussex, and my 60-year relationship with it. Here is a review in ECOS by Kay Haw.
Over 2500 photos on Geograph — all Creative Commons BY-SA 2.0 licensed.
The importance of teaching children about Natural History — an article for Oxford Cambridge and RSA regarding the GCSE in Natural History.
Photography
The heathlands of Brede High Wood, East Sussex — an account I wrote in August 1996 (revised December 1997, June 2000)
Breton
Leafmine
Lyonesse
Mite
Lizard Orchid
Lydney Dragon
Newbarn