THIRD TERM AS RSPB PRESIDENT BECKONS FOR BROADCASTER MIRANDA KRESTOVNIKOFF

The president - diving expert and TV star Miranda Krestovnikoff
 (photo:rodw via Wikimedia Commons)

MIRANDA Krestovnikoff is expected to be  re-elected president for a further three-year term at the RSPB’s AGM on Saturday October 26.

Having originally been elected in 2013, it will the third term for the 46-year-old, a TV presenter specialising in wildlife and/ or archaeological programmes, especially those with a diving or underwater content.

A zoology graduate from the University of Bristol, she continues to live in the city along with her husband, Nicholas, their two children and an assortment of pet chickens.

She is a strong champion of opportunities for women.

“I believe they should have a strong voice and a powerful presence,” she says.

The Wryneck says: Miranda K is an engaging broadcaster who comes across extremely well in the media. But should she allow herself to be nominated for a third term as president? Her contribution to bird protection, to the RSPB and to its members has not been notably conspicuous, so perhaps not. Doubtless it enhances her profile to hold such a pretigious honorary position, but the time has come for her to be magnanimous. She should be gracious enough to decline her re-election in order to allow someone else to enjoy the role and whatever perks it brings. Her predecessor, broadcaster Kate Humble (another female TV celebrity) set an example - she stepped down as president after serving just a single term.