David Blakesley is a keen birder and naturalist, with a passion for the wildlife of Skye. After teaching horticulture at the University of Bath, his interests turned to ecology. He co-founded the Forest Restoration Research Unit in Thailand, and co-authored Restoring Tropical Forests: A Practical Guide (Kew Publishing). David has also written several books on habitat restoration in the UK with Peter Buckley, including Grassland Restoration and Management (Pelagic Publishing). Later in his career, he dedicated more time to engaging children with autism with the natural world. David also published a children's novel set on the Isle of Skye, The Island Where Dinosaurs Roamed (Skirinish Publishing). Robert McMillan is a retired police officer who moved to Skye in 2004 and has since dedicated himself to ornithology. He has served with the Scottish Raptor Study Group, Scottish Ornithologists' Club and British Trust for Ornithology, and has published and contributed to numerous ornithological papers and the annual Highland Bird Report. In 2005 he published Skye Birds, now in its third edition, and maintains the long-running website www.skye-birds.com. Tone Blakesley is an early career researcher in Palaeontology. He is currently studying for a PhD at the Open University on fossil spores and pollen. He has an MScR from the University of Edinburgh, where he described an extensive new dinosaur track site which he co-discovered. He has several peer-reviewed publications on dinosaur tracks and recently co-developed the DinoTracker app. Tone returns to Skye every year in search of dinosaurs and produced a feature-length documentary on his dinosaur track site research. Tone has also designed books and educational resources on natural history, including a display at Bexhill Museum.
