Dara Seamus McAnulty BEM (born 31 March 2004)[1] is a naturalist, writer and environmental campaigner from Northern Ireland.
[19] McAnulty's first book, Diary of a Young Naturalist, won the 2020 Wainwright Prize for UK nature writing,[20] after being the youngest author to be shortlisted for the award.
[23] McAnulty was celebrated in "Points of Light" in 2018 by the UK Prime Minister for his work in connecting young people to nature.
[24] His campaigning work against raptor persecution[25] and biodiversity loss[26] earned him the RSPB Medal for Conservation[27] in 2019: the award has been previously won by naturalists such as Sir David Attenborough.
McAnulty was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to the environment and people with autism spectrum disorder.