Geographical

Official magazine of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

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Stuart Butler

Stuart Butler is a journalist and photographer specialising in conservation, the environment and hiking.

He spends a great deal of time travelling in the Himalaya, East Africa and southwest Europe. He has worked with some of the world’s biggest media groups, and has contributed to over a hundred travel guidebooks for Lonely Planet and Rough Guide as well as a number of specialist hiking and wildlife-watching guide books.

Stuart also works with the UN award-winning Nashulai Maasai Conservancy (nashulai.com) and Nashulai Journeys in Kenya.

Stuart lives with his family at the foot of the Pyrenees in southwest France.

Aerial view of the Pyranees

The fantastical peaks that separate France and Spain

Oct 19, 2024
Stuart Butler on why he's charmed by the rugged diversity of the Pyrenees – and the best places to explore there.
West Kirby, UK - February 27 2022: Salt marsh and sand at low tide on the Dee estuary, Hilbre island on the horizon.

Discovering Britain: Dee Estuary

Oct 11, 2024
Rory Walsh explores the scenery and sights of the fascinating Dee Estuary between Wales and England.
How tourists take the lead in Faroe Islands’ volunteer project

How tourists take the lead in Faroe Islands’ volunteer project

Sep 6, 2024
Stuart Butler travels to the Faroe Islands to see a unique project where the tourists are doing the hard work.
Plastic pollution

Big reduction in plastic bags washed up onto UK’s beaches

Aug 9, 2024
There's been an 80 per cent drop in number of plastic bags washed up onto UK's beaches, but other forms of plastic pollution have increased.
Wildflowers

Road verges could help increase biodiversity in the UK

Aug 8, 2024
The nature depleted UK should use its miles of road verges as wildlife corridors to help increase biodiversity
Indochinese tiger

Indochinese tiger population increases

Aug 6, 2024
A new study reveals that Thailand's population of endangered Indochinese tigers is increasing at a steady pace.
Ladakh

Frozen desert too hot for aeroplanes to take-off

Aug 1, 2024
Alarm in the 'frozen desert' of Ladakh where a heat wave is making it too hot for aeroplanes to land or take-off.
CGI image electric car

Wildlife threatened by mining for clean energy minerals

Jul 31, 2024
A new study reveals that thousands of invertebrate species are threatened by mining for clean energy minerals.
World Nomad Games

World Nomad Games 2024 – an Olympic Games alternative

Jul 30, 2024
If the classic Olympic sports send you to sleep then get your thrills watching horseback wrestling at the 2024 World Nomad Games.
Rainy day at the beach

Is the British summer to blame for wildlife woes?

Jul 27, 2024
Long, hot days at the beach have been a rare thing this summer, but has the weather this summer caused British wildlife to suffer?
Milky Way over Exmoor

The UK’s dark sky reserves

Jul 26, 2024
Staring up at the night sky can inspire wonder so go on a celestial adventure this summer at one of the UK's dark sky reserves.
Environmental activists

Sea Shepherd founder under arrest in Greenland

Jul 23, 2024
Prominent environmental activist arrested in Greenland is just the latest in a series of detentions and arrests of environmental protestors.
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