Ellie Harrison is a British ecologist, journalist and television presenter.
Harrison grew up in rural Gloucestershire, "living off the land".[1] At various times she worked in Zimbabwe, camped by and canoed on Lake Kariba and visited both Canada and Zimbabwe to observe wildlife before going to university. She has a BA from King's College, London, where she studied Geography and Ecology, graduating in 2000.
She has worked for the BBC on shows such as The One Show,[2] Michaela's Wild Challenge,[3] Wild About Your Garden,[2][3] and Country Tracks, and for the Discovery Channel on Daily Planet. Harrison is currently a reporter on the BBC's Countryfile.
In 2010, for Country Tracks, Ellie flew above Derbyshire on a hang glider with Airways Airsports instructor Andy Snell. [4]