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Dr Phil Smith is a retired biology lecturer who was a Trustee of the Lancashire Wildlife Trust from 1970 to 2010.  He has wide natural history interests, being especially enthusiastic about the flora and fauna of sand-dunes and salt-marshes.  Spending much of his time on biological surveys to promote the understanding and conservation of Northwest wildlife, Phil is also a keen photographer.  

In 2002, he was awarded an MBE for services to nature conservation. Phil has written over 300 scientific reports, articles and papers and two books, including The Sands of Time Revisited (2009) describing the history and natural history of the Sefton Coast sand-dunes.

In the series of monthly articles Phil describes some of the highlights of a life spent amongst nature in Merseyside.

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