Editing Peter Scott (section)

==Postwar life==
[[File:Nene Egg signed by Sir Peter Scott.jpg|left|thumb|[[Nene (bird)|Nene]] egg signed by Scott]]

Scott stood as a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] in the [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945 general election]] in [[Wembley North]] and narrowly failed to be elected. In 1946, he founded the organisation with which he was ever afterwards closely associated, the Severn Wildfowl Trust (now the [[Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust]]) with its headquarters at [[WWT Slimbridge|Slimbridge]] in Gloucestershire. There, through a captive breeding programme, he saved the [[Nene (bird)|nene]] or Hawaiian goose from extinction in the 1950s. In the years that followed, he led [[ornithological]] expeditions worldwide, and became a television personality, popularising the study of [[wildfowl]] and [[wetlands]].<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Peter Scott: A Passion for Nature |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074tds |access-date=February 18, 2025 |website=BBC 4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Moore |first=Chris |date=Dec 2022 |title=Memoirs: Sir Peter Markham Scott CH. 14 September 1909—29 August 1989 |url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.2022.0019#:~:text=Conservationist%2C%20scientist%2C%20artist%2C%20author,movement%20in%20the%20twentieth%20century. |journal=Biogr. Mem. Fellows R. Soc. |volume=73 |pages=421–443 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2022.0019 |via=Royal Society Publishers|doi-access=free }}</ref>

His [[BBC]] [[natural history]] series, ''Look'', ran from 1955 to 1969 and made him a household name. It included the first BBC natural history film to be shown in colour, ''[[The Private Life of the Kingfisher]]'' (1968), which he narrated.<ref>{{Cite episode | title = The Private Life of the Kingfisher | series=Countryfile | series-link=Countryfile | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nh58w | access-date=14 October 2012 | network=BBC | date=14 October 2012}}</ref> He wrote and illustrated several books on the subject, including his autobiography, ''The Eye of the Wind'' (1961). In the 1950s, he also appeared regularly on [[BBC Home Service|BBC radio]]'s ''[[Children's Hour]]'', in the series, "Nature Parliament".<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Programme Index |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/abc624fd8a9a480dae3eba3346175e3a |access-date=2022-05-09 |website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk|date=23 June 1953 }}</ref>

[[File:Midwinter 'Wild Geese' pattern - 2023-03-24 - Andy Mabbett (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Three pieces of [[Midwinter Pottery]] 'Wild Geese' pattern tableware, with Scott's 1954 designs applied to "Stylecraft" shapes by Roy Midwinter, circa 1952, displayed in the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], London<ref>V&A exhibit label</ref>]]

In the early 1950s, his designs were used on a range of tableware, "Wild Geese", by [[Midwinter Pottery]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Wild Geese |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O151799/wild-geese-coffee-set-scott-peter/ |publisher=V&A Museum  |access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vintage 1950s Midwinter Pottery Wild Geese Tea Service Pieces designed by Peter Scott |url=https://www.clutterfingers.com/listing/586911892/vintage-1950s-midwinter-pottery-wild |website=Clutterfingers Vintage & Retro |access-date=21 June 2023}}</ref>

Scott took up [[gliding]] in 1956 and became a British champion in 1963. He was chairman of the [[British Gliding Association]] (BGA) for two years from 1968<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gliding.co.uk/bga/|title=BGA}}</ref> and was president of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Gliding Club. He was responsible for involving [[Prince Philip]] in gliding.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}

He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1956 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at the [[King's Theatre, Hammersmith]], London.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

[[File:Scott WWT London.jpg|thumb|upright|Statue at the [[WWT London Wetland Centre]]]]

As a member of the [[Species Survival Commission]] of the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]], he helped create the [[Red Data List|Red Data books]], the group's lists of endangered species.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Collar|first=N. J.|date=April 1996|title=The reasons for Red Data Books|journal=Oryx|language=en|volume=30|issue=2|pages=121–130|doi=10.1017/S0030605300021505|issn=1365-3008|doi-access=free}}</ref>

Scott was the founder President of the [[Society of Wildlife Artists]] and President of the [[Nature in Art]] Trust<ref name="NatureInArt">{{cite web |url=http://nature-in-art.org.uk/trust.html |title=Nature in Art Trust |publisher=Nature in Art Trust |access-date=23 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509223727/http://www.nature-in-art.org.uk/trust.html |archive-date=9 May 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> (a role in which [[Philippa Scott|his wife Philippa]] succeeded him).<ref name="NatureInArt" /> Scott tutored numerous artists including [[Paul Karslake]].

From 1973 to 1983, Scott was [[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]] of the [[University of Birmingham]]. In 1979, he was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science) from the [[University of Bath]].<ref>{{cite web  |url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/ceremonies/hongrads/  |title=Honorary Graduates 1989 to present  |work=bath.ac.uk  |publisher=[[University of Bath]]  |access-date=18 February 2012  |archive-date=19 December 2015  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219000643/http://www.bath.ac.uk/ceremonies/hongrads/  |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

Scott continued with his love of sailing, skippering the [[12 Metre]] [[yacht]] ''[[Sovereign (yacht)|Sovereign]]'' in the 1964 challenge for the [[America's Cup]] which was held by the United States. ''Sovereign'' suffered a whitewash 4–0 defeat in a one-sided competition where the American boat was of a noticeably faster design. From 1955 to 1969 he was the president of the [[International Yacht Racing Union]] (now World Sailing).<ref>[https://www.sailing.org/about/history.php#.XrvUhWhKg6Q] World Sailing history page containing list of Presidents 1946 to date.</ref>

He was one of the founders of the [[World Wide Fund for Nature]] (WWF, formerly called the World Wildlife Fund), and designed its [[panda]] logo. His pioneering work in conservation also contributed greatly to the shift in policy of the [[International Whaling Commission]] and signing of the [[Antarctic Treaty]], the latter inspired by his visit to his father's base on [[Ross Island]] in Antarctica.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}  In 1986 he received the WWF Gold Medal.<ref>{{cite web|title=WWF Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Award|url=https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/wwf_awards/wwf_duke_of_edinburgh_conservation_award/ |publisher=World Wide Fund For Nature|access-date=22 January 2016}}</ref> In the same year he received the [[J. Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation Prize]] for his role as cofounder of WWF and his life-long contributions to saving endangered wildlife.<ref name=past>{{cite web
| title = List of past winners
| publisher = [[World Wide Fund for Nature]]
| accessdate = 2008-03-23
| url = http://www.worldwildlife.org/about/gettyprize/winners.cfm
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080317103531/http://www.worldwildlife.org/about/gettyprize/winners.cfm
| archive-date = 2008-03-17
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

Scott was a long-time vice-president of the [[British Naturalists' Association]], whose [[British Naturalists' Association#Peter Scott Memorial Award|Peter Scott Memorial Award]] was instituted after his death, to commemorate his achievements.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bna-naturalists.org/awards/|title=Awards – British Naturalists' Association|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509165215/https://bna-naturalists.org/awards/|archive-date=9 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

He died of a heart attack on 29 August 1989 in [[Bristol]], at age 79.<ref name="tatler">{{cite journal|title=Sir Peter Scott|journal=Singapore Tatler|issue=November 1989|pages=117–119}}</ref>