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Birdgirl Dr Mya-Rose Birdgirl Craig D.Sc. h.c. I am the Founder & President of Black2Nature, giving access to nature with through camps

I am a British-Bangladeshi ornithologist, conservationist, environmentalist, climate, human rights and anti-genocide activist. I love birds and wildlife, and am an ornithologist, conservationist, environmentalist and race activist. I am a qualified bird ringer and got my C Permit licence age 16 from the British Trust for Ornithology, the youngest age possible to get a licence. I graduated from St John's College, Cambridge University in Human Social Political Sciences (HSPS) which is politics, social anthropology, sociology as they intersect with other issues such as race and gender. My first book, We Have A Dream, highlights 30 young environmentalists of colour from around the world, available from https://bit.ly/3xDFECp. My second book, Birdgirl, is my story – one defined by my love of birds, which bring joy and stillness in difficult times. It's out now from and you can order at https://bit.ly/3tH5mFe. My email is [email protected] and [email protected] for my talent agent & [email protected] for Black2Nature matters. I blogged as Birdgirl from when I was 11 years old and reached millions of readers. I set up Black2Nature age 13 and am President helping to organise nature camps for racially minoritised inner-city children and young people and also Race Equality in Nature Conferences. Age 13, I was also a Bristol European Green Capital 2015 Ambassador and listed as one of Bristol's more influential young people along with singer-songwriter George Ezra and Game of Thrones actress Maisie Williams. I am passionate about stopping climate breakdown, global climate justice, the need for a just transition and the ending of human rights abuses against indigenous peoples.

Two awards for Get Birding ‼️It’s been such a pleasure to be a part of the Get Birding 🐦 We started it together during t...
07/10/2026

Two awards for Get Birding ‼️

It’s been such a pleasure to be a part of the Get Birding 🐦 We started it together during the pandemic in 2020…how far we’ve come!

And what a cool year for me :) I’ve met the absolute legend that is Sean Bean, talked to all sorts of brilliant characters, and heard come beautiful poetry reading

Thank you so much for all of the absolutely incredible crew who has made this all happen at Peanut & Crumb 💚💚

(Also it was just super fun to be able to attend the British Podcast Awards and see wonderful sights such as Alan Carr twerking)

I can’t believe it’s been six years since my youth strike for climate in the ArcticAt age 18 I was lucky enough to join ...
25/09/2026

I can’t believe it’s been six years since my youth strike for climate in the Arctic

At age 18 I was lucky enough to join Greenpeace International 🌍 on a scientific mission to the Arctic circle during which they were measuring the melting of the ice. By this point I had spent years fighting climate change, but there was something different about being there and literally hearing the ice melt around you.

It made me angry.

It made me understand just how much water connects us all together. It made me feel, rather than just know, how the destruction of this incredible landscape on the edge of the world was affecting people on the other side of the globe, through flooding and cyclones and events such as the Super El Niño that is harming so many right now.

I was out there my myself for hours, and to this day it is an experience that has shaped my relationship and understanding of the environmental crisis. It’s strange to look back and see how little change has changed, apart from the worsening of the impacts of climate change.

Credit to Daniella Zalcman for the incredible pictures

Spotted Redshank, Lesser Yellowlegs & Spoonbills all at my local patch! Love trying to get a record shot though my scope...
24/09/2026

Spotted Redshank, Lesser Yellowlegs & Spoonbills all at my local patch!

Love trying to get a record shot though my scope lol
Do you ever get pics through your binos or telescopes?

swarovskioptik  

16/09/2026

What does your perfect world look like? Green transition? Communist utopia? Aliens have taken over and have a strict no war policy?

I do defo think that we need to be better at meeting people where they are and not automatically expect them to know what left wing movements are fighting for. And maybe in general uniting a bit more considering far right ppl don’t care if you think the earth is flat vs that the world is run by lizards

Do you know what an Elephant Bird looked like? At one point they were the biggest bird in the world, standing at 3 metre...
02/09/2026

Do you know what an Elephant Bird looked like? At one point they were the biggest bird in the world, standing at 3 metres tall!

It was such a pleasure to visit the primary schools in Islay to talk to the kids all about birds, although they all had so many bird facts to tell me that it could have been the other way around! 📚🦤

The children all wanted to try their hand and drawing the very scary, now extinct Elephant Bird and with very fun results! (Elephant Bird reveal at the end + 1 child’s drawing of his favourite bird the peregrine)

Islay it’s been a pleasure! I feel so lucky to have seems it’s sights The White-tailed Eagles are incredible, and I saw ...
01/09/2026

Islay it’s been a pleasure! I feel so lucky to have seems it’s sights

The White-tailed Eagles are incredible, and I saw 5! I knew these birds were big but it’s not until you see them sat nearby that you can really understand their 2.4 metre wingspan. Only 5 mins before these I also saw 2 Golden Eagles flying.

On top of this, I’ve had a great few days scanning the landscape: spotting waders, seals relaxing by the shore, deer strutting around, and, of course, lots of cows!

Thank you Islay Book Festival for having me 💚

27/08/2026

Looking forward to it!

I’m very excited to now have seen my first Long-tailed Shrike in the UK! It’s the third one ever seen here, and has flow...
24/08/2026

I’m very excited to now have seen my first Long-tailed Shrike in the UK! It’s the third one ever seen here, and has flown over from Central Asia. It’s been here for a month now!

Thank you Jeremy Vine for having me on to discuss everything birdy from why pigeons deserve some love to why Gen Z is fu...
31/07/2026

Thank you Jeremy Vine for having me on to discuss everything birdy from why pigeons deserve some love to why Gen Z is full of bird lovers!

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