Cat Davidson
Ecology and Birding Tour Guide
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About Cat
Cat is a nature guide who lives on Bruny Island and is a specialist bird and ecology guide with Inala Nature Tours.
Background
Before Inala, Cat worked in Lamington National Park in lush subtropical Queensland as a bird guide and prior to that as a war & wildlife tour guide in the remote and windswept Falkland Islands. Cat has travelled widely and has a passionate and diverse background in nature guiding. She also has a strong grounding and love for Botany.
Initially coming down to speak at the Bruny Island Bird Festival 8 years ago, Cat was immediately smitten by the island and moved here with her partner to continue to soak up the magic.
Articles by Cat
The magic of Bruny Island
"It's just a place that you feel very alive and you feel nature feeling very alive around you," says specialist guide with Inala Nature Tours, Cat Davidson of Bruny Island in southern Tasmania. It has amazing, diverse habitat types, specialist birds and animals and a strong community. It is home.
From Loch Ness to South Bruny Island
I think I'm going to blame my parents. I grew up on the shore of Loch Ness in Scotland and they own a garden nursery, so I was permeated with plant names since day one, says specialist bird and nature guide Cat Davidson, of her early connection to nature.
Bruny Island launch: Cat Davidson on falling in love with Nature
In this series we'll introduce you to some key people involved in building the Bruny Island field guide. Here, specialist bird and ecology guide with Inala Nature Tours Cat Davidson talks about the power of personal connection to place - and falling in love with Nature.
Rare and elusive: the two Bruny birds on visitor wish lists
We will often be sent a wish list by someone before they even arrive on Bruny Island, Inala Nature Tours guide Cat Davidson says of visiting bird-watchers. Nearly every single time the critically-endangered swift parrot or the endangered forty-spotted pardalote is high on the list.
A place of wild diversity
Bruny Island - an island, off an island, off an island - is home to a phenomenal array of wildlife, says specialist guide with Inala Nature Tours, Cat Davidson. It's not just the more well-known species; everywhere you go, everywhere you look, is teeming with biodiversity. For nature lovers, it's an island paradise.