John Gooders was a British writer who first came to prominence with his first book Where to Watch Birds.
Education
In 1970, after taking two months off on the Churchill Fellowship in which he studied bird migration through North Africa, he launched his own magazine called The World of Birds. He then finished up working for Anglia Television"s Survival series, and edited the company"s house magazine The World of Survival.
Career
He appeared in the 1975 British Broadcasting Corporation programme In Deepest Britain, with Richard Mabey and other naturalists, giving an unscripted narration of the wildlife observed during a country walk. John then devoted himself to full-time writing about birds and natural history, also forming a successful nature tour company. He also became the mayor of Winchelsea.
He died in May 2010.