{"id":10820,"date":"2025-03-06T10:53:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T10:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.natureconservation.wales\/?page_id=10820"},"modified":"2025-03-06T12:01:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T12:01:59","slug":"memories-of-absent-friends-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/cy\/natur-cymru\/memories-of-absent-friends-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories of Absent Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In memory of some of Wales&#8217; conservationists and ecologists who did so much for our wildlife and habitats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here we remember some of those who made particular contributions to <em>Natur Cymru<\/em> magazine or to the wider conservation world in Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to contribute memories of someone to this page, please contact <a href=\"mailto:lizzie.wilberforce@wild.cymru\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lizzie.wilberforce@wild.cymru<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.natureconservation.wales\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hover-hr-s5-1-of-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hover-hr-s5-1-of-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hover-hr-s5-1-of-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hover-hr-s5-1-of-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hover-hr-s5-1-of-1-1320x880.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hover-hr-s5-1-of-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/hover-hr-s5-1-of-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wpv-view-output\" data-toolset-views-view-editor=\"cdd2a9c5ea91c0b9803e95f1ced89870\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-toolset-views-view-editor wpv-gutenberg-view-wrapper-10504\">\n\n\n<div id=\"wpv-view-layout-10504\" class=\"js-wpv-view-layout js-wpv-layout-responsive js-wpv-view-layout-10504\" data-viewnumber=\"10504\" data-pagination=\"{&quot;id&quot;:10504,&quot;query&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;effect&quot;:&quot;fade&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:500,&quot;speed&quot;:5,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;stop_rollover&quot;:&quot;false&quot;,&quot;cache_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_images&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_pages&quot;:&quot;enabled&quot;,&quot;preload_reach&quot;:1,&quot;spinner&quot;:&quot;builtin&quot;,&quot;spinner_image&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.natureconservation.wales\/wp-content\/plugins\/toolset-blocks\/embedded\/res\/img\/ajax-loader.gif&quot;,&quot;callback_next&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;manage_history&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;has_controls_in_form&quot;:&quot;disabled&quot;,&quot;infinite_tolerance&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;max_pages&quot;:0,&quot;page&quot;:1,&quot;base_permalink&quot;:&quot;\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10820?wpv_view_count=10504&amp;wpv_paged=WPV_PAGE_NUM&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;data&quot;:[],&quot;id&quot;:0}}\" data-permalink=\"\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10820?wpv_view_count=10504\">\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Alastair-Robertson-150x150.avif\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Alastair Robertson\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Alastair-Robertson-150x150.avif 150w, https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Alastair-Robertson-300x300.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Alastair-Robertson-100x100.avif 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\nAlastair Robertson\n<p>My brother, Alastair Robertson, who has died aged 75, combined a passion for wildlife with a compulsion to draw from an early age. Home was a suburban version of My Friends and Other Animals, with green lizards in a vivarium, a succession of ferrets st<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/cy\/alastair-robertson\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Keith-image-by-Alison-Noble-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Keith Noble, by Alison Noble\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Keith-image-by-Alison-Noble-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Keith-image-by-Alison-Noble-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Keith-image-by-Alison-Noble-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\nKeith Noble\n<p>It was with much sadness that we learned of the death of Keith Noble on 11th January 2025. He had a gift for imparting knowledge with a gentle enthusiasm, whether it concerned rarities which had shown up at Llangorse Lake or the life cycle of nomad bee<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/cy\/keith-noble\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-4\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fiona-Evans-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fiona (Flo) Evans\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fiona-Evans-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fiona-Evans-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fiona-Evans-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fiona-Evans-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Fiona-Evans-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\nFiona (Flo) Evans\n<p>Fiona (Flo) Evans spent a substantial part of her conservation career in the Nature Conservancy Council (NCC), working with landowners, farmers and planners to conserve fragile ecosystems. She loved to debate and was a passionate advocate for nature as<\/p>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wild.cymru\/cy\/fiona-flo-evans\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In memory of some of Wales&#8217; conservationists and ecologists who did so much for our wildlife and habitats. Here we remember some of those who made particular contributions to Natur Cymru magazine or to the wider conservation world in Wales. 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