Helping families come home to nature.
A British naturalist, wildlife filmmaker and keynote speaker on a mission to remind us we are animals, too and that the wild world is closer, and more healing, than we think.
Current Activity
In development
The Wild Up. Slow Down. children's book series. First two books in draft, seeking representation.
ON stage
2026 and 2027 bookings open. UK and international keynotes, festivals and schools.
online
Wildlife and family stories shared across Instagram and YouTube, alongside partnerships with brands who share my values.
I was the kid who brought home more bugs than Barbie dolls.
I grew up in London, a human zoo, far from the wild, and found my escape through Sir David Attenborough on the BBC. That spark led me to Imperial College London to study Ecology and Zoology, and to a first expedition studying bats through the cloud forests of Honduras. Sleeping in a hammock, washing in rivers, hiking with everything I owned on my back: I had never felt more myself.
Two decades on, I’ve spent my career in wildlife filmmaking, ecotourism advocacy and environmental campaigning, telling stories that bridge science and feeling. I’ve swum with blue whales in the Azores, tracked wolves in Yellowstone, come face to face (no cage) with great whites off Guadalupe and snorkelled with puffins off Skomer Island. I’ve also become a mother, which has changed everything about how I tell these stories and who they are for.
My work today sits at the intersection of conservation, storytelling and family life. I speak. I write. I make films. And I’m slowly building a body of work for the next generation of nature lovers, including a forthcoming children’s book series that brings the wild world to bedtime.
Education
Ecology & Zoology, Imperial College London
Bylines
The Huffington Post · BA Highlife · Business Traveller · Ideal Home
Career
BBC Science · BBC Natural History · Discovery Channel · 20 years in wildlife film
Ambassador
The Perfect World Foundation
Audience
27,400+ on Instagram · YouTube
Trustee
The European Nature Trust
A life lived wild.
A short film, made with Trace Films, on the stories and wild places that shape my work.
Stories that move people to act.
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Family Connection
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“Inspiring, fun and motivating. The ideal blend of wanderlust and deadly animals for a family audience.”
Aloma Watson
Founder, Exe Events · Gone Wild Festival 2024
“Insightful, motivating and memorable. We look forward to having her back.”
Chris Jones
Environment & Sustainability Specialist, Leonardo
“An interesting and motivating talk. Catherine is a lovely person, please thank her.”
Central Qualifications
Graduation Ceremony Keynote
Working with brands who share my values.
Guiding
Wildlife journeys, led in person
Some of my most meaningful work happens in the field, guiding others to the wild places I’ve spent my life exploring. There is nothing quite like watching someone see their first wild wolf, or a child’s face the moment a landscape comes alive around them. As a zoologist and wildlife broadcaster, I’ve had the privilege of guiding expeditions in some of the world’s most remarkable places: leading conservation-focused journeys in Italy and Spain for The European Nature Trust, guiding voyages to Madagascar, the Seychelles and South Africa with EYOS Expeditions, and travelling with Inspired Ventures to Indonesia and Uganda.
That experience is something I now love bringing closer to home, and to families. Whether you’re hoping to spark your children’s love of the natural world, or you’re an adult seeking a deeper, expertly-guided encounter with wildlife, I guide trips designed to help you truly see a place: to read the landscape, find its creatures, understand the conservation story unfolding there, and slow down enough to feel genuinely part of it. To enquire about a guided wildlife trip for your family or group, please get in touch.
Bedtime stories for wilder hearts.
A picture book series that helps young children, and the grown ups reading to them, find calm in their bodies and wonder in the world around them.
Each book is set in a wild corner of the planet, follows an animal teacher, and weaves in gentle, evidence based ideas around the nervous system, regulation and the natural rhythms of the more than human world. The first two books, set in the rainforests of Belize and the Arctic forests of Northern Norway, are in development.
The work that holds it all up.
I serve as a trustee of TENT, supporting rewilding and reintroduction projects across Europe, from beavers and wildcats to the long term goal of returning wolves to Scotland.
As an ambassador for The Perfect World Foundation, I help raise awareness and support for the protection of endangered species and threatened wild places, working alongside a global community committed to conservation.
One percent of profits from everything I create is donated to The European Nature Trust. A small, ongoing thank you to the wild places that have shaped my life and work.