Ian Hutton

Ian Hutton OAM

Lord Howe’s own ‘David Attenborough’

Ian Hutton often says that “living on Lord Howe Island is like living inside a David Attenborough documentary”, and from the beginning he set out to emulate the great naturalist, exploring and documenting the Island’s diverse habitats, marine life, plants, birds, weather patterns and nocturnal environments. Over more than forty years he has become the world expert in his own, very special backyard. Lord Howe Islander’s now consider him to be our own ‘David Attenborough’

Ian has worked with universities, botanic gardens and museums from around the world, contributing to numerous documentary films and research papers on Lord Howe Island’s unique ecology. He has played an important part in preserving Lord Howe Island’s ecosystem, spearheading eradication projects to rid the island of the feral weeds and rats that threatened the Island’s delicate balance.