Peter Cavanagh Author

Peter Cavanagh is a Wolverhampton-born wildlife photographer who has been taking pictures since he was a boy. After earning his PhD in human biomechanics from the University of London in 1972, he moved to Penn State University in the USA, where he became a Distinguished Professor. He returned to London in 2004 to receive a Doctor of Science (D Sc) degree from the University of London, and to Glasgow in 2019 where he was installed as an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Peter’s migration to the photography and study of bird flight evolved from his study of flight aerodynamics for aircraft pilot qualifications; his professional training in anatomy, biomechanics, and high-speed photography; and his love of nature and the outdoors. His previous book was 100 Flying Birds (Firefly Books, November 2021, ISBN 978 02281 0333 2).