Martyn Stewart

Stewart became interested in nature as a child. By age eleven, he spent "countless hours in the woods near his family’s home in Birmingham, England". His first field recording was the song of a eurasian blackbird, using a microphone borrowed from his musician brother. By 2024, Stewart had made 97,000 recordings totaling 30,000 hours. These recordings included over 3,500 species of birds, insects, frogs, toads, and mammals. == Personal life ==

Stewart was born in Birmingham. His childhood "was poverty stricken, marked by stretches without electricity or food". He is a lifelong atheist and a vegan, with the exception of cow's milk in his tea. He was diagnosed with bone cancer in December 2020. ==References==