HEARTFELT tributes have flooded in for a BBC presenter who has died.
Colleagues of Chris Tynan, a presenter on NatureWatch on Radio Merseyside, have taken to social media to pay his respects.
Show presenter Anno Brandreth wrote on X: “RIP Chris Tynan.
“Chris was a well loved and important part of the Naturewatch team and did great work locally to promote the things we love and are important to the listeners.”
Alongside a photograph of Chris with the NatureWatch team, added: “He will be sadly missed and we will hopefully do something in a future broadcast to honour him, it’s a sad day for us all.
“Chris is here on the left in his wonderful penguin jumper.”
NatureWatch, which has now ended, ran as a regular slot on BBC Radio Merseyside’s breakfast and weekend programmes until 2023.
Chris had also served as long-time leader of RSPB Liverpool, before standing down in April.
In a message posted on their website back in May, they said: “The impact Chris has had on both the group and the people of Merseyside more widely cannot be understated, and we will forever be in his debt.
“Chris has played a huge part in shaping many people’s love for birds and wildlife, inspiring us all to appreciate nature in every aspect.”
