Ian Hughes is boosting one of Europe’s most at-risk species with science, his sons and some homemade T-shirts
Ian Hughes and his son, Ben, are driving through the hills of north Wales with an array of homemade animal artefacts rattling around their car: diagrams, plaster casts, hand-printed T-shirts. They finally reach Llyn Tegid – Bala Lake in English – where, knee-deep in the water, Ian brandishes two glutinous snails.
It is a mollusc the size of a fingertip. It is also one of Europe’s most endangered species, which Ian has dedicated himself to protecting. “It’s beyond passion,” he says. “It’s an obsession.”
Continue reading...
Ian Hughes is boosting one of Europe’s most at-risk species with science, his sons and some homemade T-shirtsIan Hughes and his son, Ben, are driving through the hills of north Wales with an array of homemade animal a...
See more
