Fairburn Activity and Conference Centre Ltd are pleased to have entered into a business partnership working with Ray, to bring this new facility to Fairburn.  We are sure that with the combination of the Centre's facilities and Ray's expertise, we can offer our customers a wonderful wildlife experience.

Ray’s interest in natural history began during his teenage years when he developed an enthusiasm for plants.

This evolved further into a passion for bird watching and other wildlife. He spent several years working in the U.K. for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds as a nature reserve warden at several reserves in England and Scotland. His conservation work included habitat and species management, education, public relations, research, surveying and monitoring.

Ray's interest in wildflowers resulted in working as part of a team producing wildflower seeds on a commercial scale. He moved to Nethybridge in the Scottish Highlands with his wife in 1999 to develop a career in wildlife tourism and wildlife guiding.

Ray's main interest lies with the birds, fauna and flora of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, and he also leads wildlife tours in Europe each year.