Author: Mark

Born Bristol, UK Educated: Cleeve House School Bristol, Bristol Grammar School and Downing College Cambridge Ph.D. University of Aberdeen, Winter activity of pipistrelle bats. NERC post-doctoral Research Fellow, Edward Grey Institute, Oxford University Former Conservation Director of the RSPB, 1989-2011

We’re 18,132 signatures ahead

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‘From Havel, we learn that the true heroes of our time are those who stay the course.’ – Bruce Chatwin Earlier this year an e-petition to support grouse shooting ground to a halt with 25,322 signatures following our very successful e-petition calling for a ban reaching 123, 077 signatures – it was a rout! Now…

And you too?

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  George Monbiot, Natalie Bennett, Chris Packham.  What a great alliance! Join them please.   Sign the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting Join the thunderclap to spread the word  

Nightjars by Gordon Yates

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Gordon Yates has supplied some fantastic Hen Harrier images for this blog, but he takes other photographs too – see his website. I’ve never seen Nightjar chicks – aren’t they amazing? Seen here with the female at the nest (such as it is). A reminder of balmy summer days in these early days of December.

More sense from Forest Enterprise England

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Following on from yesterday lunchtime’s blog I have received the following information from Forest Enterprise England.  These are the letters sent by FEE’s Chief Executive to BASC and which were mentioned in the previous correspondence.  they date from 2015 but they are nonetheless interesting.   What do we learn from this? We learn that BASC…