{"id":17018,"date":"2022-05-27T15:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/?p=62032"},"modified":"2022-05-27T15:40:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T13:40:17","slug":"who-is-iolo-williams-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-springwatch-presenter","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/who-is-iolo-williams-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-springwatch-presenter\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Iolo Williams? Everything you need to know about the Springwatch presenter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Megan Shersby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 27 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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A familiar face to fans of The Watches<\/em>, Iolo Williams spent 14 years working for the RSPB in Wales before becoming a natural history presenter for the BBC and S4C. He presents in both Welsh, his first language, and English.<\/p>\n

Alongside presenting, he has written seven books, including Wild Places: Wales\u2019 Top 40 Nature Sites<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Wild Places UK; UK\u2019s Top 40 Nature Sites.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

He leads wildlife tours to the Isle of Mull for Nature Scotland and to countries abroad, including Brazil, Botswana and Costa Rica, for Natura Voyage.<\/p>\n

Who is Iolo Williams?<\/h2>\n

Iolo Williams is a Welsh wildlife presenter, ornithologist and conservationist. He is well-known as one of the main presenters of BBC Two\u2019s Springwatch<\/em><\/a>, Autumnwatch<\/em><\/a> and Winterwatch<\/em><\/a> (collectively known as The Watches<\/em>), having first joined the programme as a field reporter.<\/p>\n

In 2021, Iolo presented from the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales for Winterwatch<\/em>, and from Alladale Wilderness Reserve in Scotland for Springwatch<\/em>. Due to the rescheduling of Autumnwatch<\/em> in 2021 (to accommodate the FA Cup broadcasts), Iolo was unavailable to present as he was already scheduled to do other work. For Springwatch<\/em> in 2022, he will be presenting from the Isle of Mull.<\/p>\n

Iolo was also presented for the Welsh language channel S4C, and a number of Welsh natural-history programmes for the BBC, including Iolo\u2019s Pembrokeshire<\/em>, Iolo: The Last Wilderness of Wales<\/em>, and the upcoming Iolo\u2019s Anglesey<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Iolo Williams will be presenting <\/em>Iolo\u2019s Anglesey, due to air in early June on BBC Wales. \u00a9 Aden Productions<\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Where does Iolo Williams live?<\/h2>\n

Born in Builth Wells, Iolo Williams\u2019 family moved when he was young to Pembrokeshire and then to Montgomeryshire. He almost joined the British Army, but then studied Ecology at the North East London Polytechnic (now the University of East London).<\/p>\n

He now lives with his wife near Newtown in Powys.<\/p>\n

BBC Wildlife<\/em> interview with Iolo Williams:<\/h2>\n

Why is it called Springwatch<\/em> when it\u2019s filmed in summer?<\/h3>\n

Although a lot of the presenting is live, there are a lot of inserts that will have been filmed during spring. Whereas if the programme aired in April, a lot of the pre- recorded films would be from winter. So it makes sense that it\u2019s on the cusp of spring going into summer. And whilst it\u2019s summer for much of England, there\u2019s an awful lot of the UK north of the English border, and it\u2019s very much still spring up on Mull where I\u2019m presenting.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a brilliant time to go up to Mull, as we\u2019re just going to enter into one of the best times \u2013 the bluebell woods are magnificent, cowslips and dandelions are beginning. One or two other flowers will be just beginning to to poke their heads up as well, so yeah it\u2019s going to look magnificent.<\/p>\n

More on Springwatch<\/em>:<\/h4>\n