A few weeks ago, I (Simon King) received an email from Graham Wellstead (FFON contributor) about a fascinating young man named Xander Johnston AKA ‘AntBoy,’ a 13 year old award winning entomologist, who features regularly on both the BBC Watches and Countryfile. Graham’s note to me said he thought he’d make a great addition to the FFON and – after a brief bit of detective work – I agreed, which is why I made contact with Xander’s father, Ross Johnston – who said he’d have a chat with his son (‘AntBoy’) and ask if he’d be willing to share one of his videos with FFON readers/viewers and here it is:
Thanks, Xander and great to see you making use of a hand lens in the field. Prof John E Cooper will be impressed.
A brief bio: Xander has a real passion for nature, specialising in Wood ants and rare invertebrates found in the Cairngorms national park (Scotland). Sharing his important work though his YouTube channel, http://www.XanderJo.co.uk.
6 responses to “Introducing ‘AntBoy’ – with superpowers of the entomology kind!”
Thanks for your effort pursuing this young man. He is just so enthusiastic. I hope to be around long enough to see him progress.
Graham
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And thanks for taking the time to sing his praises. It was generous of you to bother, Graham.
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Wonderful, and so confident in front of the camera.
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I agree with Jenny: Xander has terrific presentation skill. Neat to show the view through the lens too.
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Xander I love that , you told me About Ants. Interesting.
Thank you..
Pat 😆
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He’s a star in the making and has his own YouTube channel at https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCVnKrXbUga46ABcnwyCEBtw
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