Stephen Moss
Moss in 2018
Born	(1960-04-25)25 April 1960
Known for	Wildlife documentaries; accompanying books
Awards	Dilys Breese Medal

Stephen Moss (born in 1960) is a British natural historian, birder, author, and television producer.

Moss gained an honours degree in English Literature from the University of Cambridge.^[1]

Moss is best known for producing wildlife series for the BBC, many of them presented by Bill Oddie, including:

• Birding with Bill Oddie (three series, 1997, 1998, and 2000)^[2]
• Bill Oddie Goes Wild (three series, 2001, 2002, and 2003)^[2]
• Wild In Your Garden (2003)
• Bill Oddie's How to Watch Wildlife (2004)^[2]
• Springwatch with Bill Oddie (2005)^[2]
• Birds Britannia (2010)^[2]

For some of his series, Moss also authored accompanying books. He left the BBC in 2011 to work as a freelancer.^[2] He lectures at Bath Spa University and is a visiting professor at the University of Nottingham.^[3][1]

In 2009, Moss was one of the first recipients of the British Trust for Ornithology's Dilys Breese Medal, at a ceremony at the House of Lords.^[4]

Moss is married, with five children, and lives in Somerset, having moved there from West London.^[5]

• A Guide to Garden Birds^[6]

• BBC Weather Watch (BBC Books 1992), ISBN 0-563-36486-6, with Paul Simons
• Birds and Weather: A Birdwatchers' Guide (Hamlyn 1995), ISBN 0-600-58679-0
• The Complete Garden Bird Book: How to Identify and Attract Birds to Your Garden (New Holland 1996), ISBN 1-85368-580-1, with Mark Golley
• Birding with Bill Oddie (BBC Books 1997), ISBN 0-563-38748-3, with Bill Oddie
• Attracting Birds to Your Garden (New Holland 1998), ISBN 1-85368-569-0
• Gardening for Birds: How to Help Birds Make the Most of Your Garden (HarperCollins 2000), ISBN 0-00-220168-2 (repr. 2004 as Bird-friendly Garden)
• Bird Boxes and Feeders: Featuring 11 Step-by-step Woodworking Projects (New Holland 2001), ISBN 1-85974-175-4, with Alan & Gill Bridgewater
• The Garden Bird Handbook: How to Attract, Identify and Watch the Birds in Your Garden (New Holland 2003), ISBN 1-84330-124-5
• Understanding Bird Behaviour (New Holland 2003), ISBN 1-84330-151-2
• How to Birdwatch (New Holland 2003), ISBN 1-84330-154-7
• Blokes and Birds (New Holland 2003), ISBN 1-84330-484-8 (ed.)
• Garden Birds (HarperCollins 2004), ISBN 0-00-717614-7
• A Bird in the Bush: A Social History of Birdwatching (Aurum 2004), ISBN 1-85410-993-6
• Everything You Wanted to Know About Birds… But Were Afraid to Ask! (Christopher Helm 2005), ISBN 0-7136-6815-6
• Bill Oddie's How to Watch Wildlife (HarperCollins 2005), ISBN 0-00-718455-7, with Bill Oddie and Fiona Pitcher
• This Birding Life: The Best of The Guardian's "Birdwatch" (Aurum 2006), ISBN 1-84513-180-0
• The Private Life of Birds (New Holland 2006), ISBN 1-84537-422-3
• Birder's Companion (Firefly 2007), ISBN 978-1-55407-212-5
• The Bumper Book of Nature (Square Peg), ISBN 978-0-224-08616-5
• A Sky Full of Starlings: A Diary of a Birding Year (Aurum 2008), ISBN 1-84513-353-6
• Wild Hares and Hummingbirds: The Natural History of an English Village (Square Peg, 2011), ISBN 9780099552468
• Wild Kingdom: Bringing Back Britain's Wildlife (Square Peg, 2016),(ISBN 9780099581635)
• The Robin: A Biography (Square Peg, 2017) ISBN 9781910931318
• The Wren: A Biography (Square Peg, 2018) ISBN 9781910931936
• Mrs Moreau's Warbler: How Birds Got Their Names (Guardian Faber, 2018) ISBN 9781783350902
• Dynasties: The Rise and Fall of Animal Families (BBC Books, 2018) ISBN 978-1785943010 with David Attenborough
• The Accidental Countryside: Hidden Havens for Britain’s Wildlife (Guardian Faber, 2020) ISBN 978-1783351640
• The Swallow: A Biography (Square Peg, 2020) ISBN 9781529110265
• Skylarks with Rosie: A Somerset Spring (Saraband, 2021) ISBN 978-1913393045
• The Swan: A Biography (Square Peg, 2021) ISBN 9781529110371
• The Owl: A Biography (Square Peg, 2023) ISBN 9781529908268
• The Starling: A Biography (Square Peg, 2024) ISBN 9781529908282

• Stephen Moss's Twitter stream (verified at [1])
• Articles written by Moss in The Guardian
• Mabbett, Andy. "Review of Blokes and Birds". Archived from the original on 8 January 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
• The Official "The Bumper Book of Nature" website with podcasts, quizzes and a blog by Stephen Moss