“We can point an app at birdsong or check a plant’s identity using AI. All useful tools, but I still believe that the guidance and special knowledge of others – they’d be labelled influencers nowadays – is the surest route to inspiration.”
With ever evolving technology, the world looks very different to an aspiring naturalist than it did in the 1970s. Brett Westwood offers a personal reflection on the contributions of friends and peers to his interest in natural history.