Philip Percy Cooper Drabble OBE (13 May 1914 – 29 July 2007) was an English countryman, author and television presenter. Brought up in the Black Country, he later lived in – and wrote mostly about – the countryside of north Worcestershire and at Abbots Bromley in south Staffordshire, where he created a nature reserve.
She [Queen Elizabeth]was having trouble with her liberty budgies at Windsor being attacked by hawks, and although she is a good naturalist, she wanted my advice.
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Queen Elizabeth II sought his advice on wildlife matters. He was awarded an OBE in 1993.
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He started out as a factory worker, climbing the ranks to management level.
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He and his wife Jess owned a 90-acre woodland nature reserve.
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He was a naturalist and author of several books on wildlife.
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He grew up in Bloxwich in the West Midlands (UK).
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His career as a writer, broadcaster, and wildlife expert developed in middle age.
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