I am Professor of Biology at St Andrews University and have been studying migrants in Africa since 1994. My main interests are determining the factors determining the density, distribution and migratory connectivity of Palearctic migrants in West Africa and particularly how they survive in anthropogenic and degraded habitats. I am heavily involved in capacity building for conservation in West Africa, managing and teaching at the AP Leventis Ornithological Research Institute (APLORI) in Nigeria since 2001.