Who is Mya-Rose Craig?
Mya-Rose Craig is a British-Bangladeshi ornithologist, also known as Birdgirl. She set up the Birdgirl blog aged 11.
At 17, she became the youngest person to see half of the birds in the world.
Mya-Rose Craig is also an environmentalist, activist (she founded and is the President of Black2Nature), author, speaker and broadcaster.
How old is Mya-Rose Craig?
Mya-Rose Craig was born on 7th May 2002.
Where is Mya-Rose Craig from?
Mya-Rose Craig is from Chew Valley, Somerset.
Does Mya-Rose Craig have a degree?
In February 2020, Craig received an honorary doctorate in science from Bristol University for championing racial equality in environmentalism. She is studying Human Social and Political Sciences at Cambridge University.
What books has Mya-Rose Craig written?
In 2021, Craig published We Have a Dream, which profiles 30 young indigenous people and people of colour environmentalists from around the world. Chris Packham has described it as 'Inspiring, enlightening and powerful. We have to make these dreams come true.'
In 2022, Craig wrote her autobiography Birdgirl documenting her life and her birdwatching experiences.
In 2023, Craig published the children’s book Flight, which follows the migration of 7 bird species.
Join Mya-Rose Craig on BBC Countryfile magazine's Plodcast for a birding adventure in Somerset
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