education for the work of his field studies centre. In 2003 he was appointed OBE for services to the Scottish environment, in 1995 received an honorary doctorate from the University of Stirling and was awarded Honorary Membership of the Scottish Wildlife Trust. In 2006 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of St Andrews, and was made a Vice-President of the RSPB.In 2016 he was awarded the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Geddes Environment Medal for services to nature conservation and environmental education and made an honorary fellow of RSGS. Own publications (paperback) (illustrated by Sarah Norton) Primary sources Notes External links Aigas Field Centre Website Biography of Aigas founder John Lister-Kaye Interview on Life Changing Books website Mentioned in Hansard Mentioned in the Scottish Parliament The Eilean Bàn Trust 1946 births Living people Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom British nature writers English writers Officers of the Order of the British Empire English male writers