Career
Fergusson works for the British Broadcasting Corporation (British Broadcasting Corporation) presenting television weather on regional television news programme British Broadcasting Corporation Points West, British Broadcasting Corporation Local Radio and forecasting for British Broadcasting Corporation"s Formula One multimedia coverage. He maintains a dedicated Twitter feed throughout each F1 race weekend, providing circuit-specific forecasts (fergieweather). He was presenter for two British Broadcasting Corporation ONE documentaries - "Wild Weather" - in 2011 and 2013.
In 2013, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society (FRMetS).
He has authored or co-authored a number of papers in marine biological science journals since 1993. Much of his research has focussed on biology of the great white shark in Mediterranean and north-eastern Atlantic waters.
A dedicated marine conservationist, Fergusson was a founding trustee, inaugural chairman and now a patron of the Shark Trust, a wildlife charity formed in 1997 and based in Plymouth, United Kingdom. He is professionally qualified as a Chartered Biologist (CBiol) and member (MSB) of the Society of Biology. He has authored or co-authored a number of papers in marine biological science journals since 1993, with much of his research focused on biology of the great white shark in Mediterranean and north-eastern Atlantic waters.
He has worked on and appeared in various television documentaries about sharks since the early 1990s and is credited as scientific advisor for the Emmy-awarded 1995 production Great White Shark: A Wildlife Special, co-produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation with National Geographic.
A keen electric bass guitarist since age of 13, Fergusson cites his key influence as the late Chic bassist, Bernard Edwards.
