Michael David Jones

Former palaeontologist, lifelong naturalist and mountaineer, Michael David Jones has occupied half a century with exploration of remote parts of the world in search of rare plants and elusive wildlife. Trans-Saharan journeys to the Atakor Mountains, camel-treks with Laikipia-Masai warriors into the Ndoto Mountains of the Kenyan Northern Territories, and exploration of the Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand are some of the more exotic adventures; winter ascents of High Atlas summits in search of Aoudad (Barbary Sheep) and the scouring of arctic tundra for Snowy Owl, the more extreme. Nearer to home, arctic-alpine plants and Mediterranean orchids have been a passionate interest, leading to numerous visits to the mountains of Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.