Matthew Scragg

Matt Scragg has been working in conservation since 2006, a former head-keeper in a zoological park, Matt turned his attentions to working in ornithological science for bird observatories in 2017 and he is the current assistant warden at Alderney bird observatory. Prior to arriving in Alderney in March 2021, Matt was most recently working in Sweden where he completed two years as a warden at Landsort Fågelstation, a bird migration hotspot situated in the southern archipelago of Stockholm. He furthered his experience with two years as assistant warden at Languard bird observatory, Suffolk. Whilst birds are his forte, Matt has developed a keen knowledge of invertebrates, particularly moths, butterflies, and dragonflies. Matt says that one of his favourite wildlife experiences was with ringing Puffins as a member of an expedition to a remote Scottish island in 2018.