For a communications director he seems sadly inarticulate if he wrote this biography himself.
Mark, I didn’t know about your career in London media. Kept that well hidden.
Alastair – hidden from me too. Maybe I’m in denial. I’ll ask Andrew.
I didn’t know you used to work for Smith Bundy, Mark.
Hugh – I’m not sure when I fitted it in – I wonder whether they taught me to write almost as well as Andrew Gilruth?
Sorry, Could not understand it.
Bill – that won’t be the first thing that GWCT has written that was inexplicable.
Well I read that as Mark Avery has ‘worked for London agencies………….’!!!
Jon – maybe Gilruth wrote the Defra response to Gavin Gamble’s e-petition too? Puzzling and incoherent.
For someone who has communication in his job title, he isn’t very good at it is he?
Jean – but he may be the best they’ve got remember.
All part of getting the ‘message across in the right way’. Ha ha.
Alan – he’s a master of language.
Did a google search Mark, nothing came up about your previous career!
Ben – that’s a relief because I can’t remember it either.
Almost certainly a cut & paste error by an underling. I would be very shocked indeed if the Director of Communications for such an important and high profile organisation was unable to use a computer. Shocked indeed I tell you.
Lots of tongues in cheeks here methinks!
That last sentence is probably grammatical but I would have started a new paragraph and changed ‘he’ to “Andrew’.
I see they followed my advice! Such influence. Now change the bit about Mark’s invitation(s) to Farming Today.
Looks like he’s shot himself in the foot
Incoherent it may be, but what’s more important is he’s worried – seriously worried, and its you and Chris that are worrying him, Mark. Which is just great because he should be worried.
Yes – it’s peculiar that he feels the need to name check Mark and Chris in this way.
The subtitle to his talk ” … getting our message across in the right way” rather begs the question. I guess all those inconvenient raptor corpses is getting the message across in the wrong, but arguably most revealing, way.
Not sure what to make of the Hen Harrier twibbon on his profile pic!
Ben – needs to be reminded of what they look like?
Sorry to be so blunt, but the guy’s an absolute PLONKER! He and all his associates need to get a life and come back down to Earth.
If that was a year 11 English assignment I would have sent it back. Apart from being very muddled, it contains more information about other people than it does about himself.
Very odd!
Sush. Now they have changed it and spoilt the fun.
Not that it is any less weird.
I hope both you and Chris Packham are flattered that he feels the need to namecheck you in his own biography. That’s an acknowledgement as to how imprtant they think you are.
Out of interest, how many times have Farming Today asked you back?
Now they’ve fixed some of the grammar, do you reckon we can get them to correct that bit too then? “Mark has repeatedly refused to return to the programme once”, “repeatedly once” or “once repeatedly”!
Regardless, if that’s such a proud achievement he claims it a victory, I reckon GWCT need a new spin doctor, perhaps someone who isn’t obsessed by you and Packham.
I’m relieved to learn you weren’t moonlighting in adland while working for the RSPB. I see two of those three agencies are no longer in business. Must just be coincidence.
Mark, Prasad is correct – they have changed the wording; I followed your link to the Game 2018 list of biographies of speakers – at the Game 2018 conference due to be held at the GWCT HQ, Fordingbridge, on Thu 1 Mar 2018. Tickets are on sale priced £30. What I also found interesting was the participation of NE as joint speakers on the topic ‘Living with Protected Predators’, the GWCT speaker Austin Weldon appears to be highly qualified in legal predator control. I can’t imagine what his contribution to the topic might be!
How bizarre! If we can assume that Gilruth wrote the piece himself, the GWCT has a semi-literate, but sensitive, Communications Director, apparently!
Quite a sweet bromance you have going on there. I hope Andrew has sent you a free ticket.
Anon – no ticket, no chocolates, no flowers, he never phones. Sigh.
lucky escape then Mark, I’m sure Mrs Avery is much relieved!
You’re mentioned in his biog, so as other commentators have remarked you’ve got ’em flustered and long may it continue.
For ‘them’ to have reacted so quickly is indicative of that, and the need to remove another ‘clanger’ very embarrassing? Too much toxic lead in their grouse burgers?
The removal is also evidence (if it were needed) that they stalk your blog?
Couple of other examples of his “comms” from today (spelling?)
@AndrewGilruth 11 hours ago
When shooting ceased at Longhom (a) hen harrier dropped from 22 to 2 nests (b) breeding waders more than halved – all in 6 years.
& also
Remember, as with alcohol, there is no agreed ‘safe’ level of lead in your diet. Make sure you follow FSA advice on eating shot game and the foods that provide the most lead in our diet: bread, vegetables, water etc.
& a #HH twibbon, the campaign is getting through to him?
“First they ignore, then they laugh, then they fight, then we win”
See how they’re now seeking to draw equivalence with alcohol though?
Very odd remarks for a biography. Clearly not enough experience of his own to plug.
Also, I see that Andrew Hoodless is focused on “ensuring sustainable hunting” of Woodcock. Quite how you ensure the sustainable hunting of Woodcock is beyond me.
Personally, I’ve given up entirely on believing that the organised, game rearing industry has any meaningful role to play in wildlife conservation. There are just too many ways in which it has negative impacts on the environment and the sooner our mainstream conservation organisations stop paying lip service to its supposed benefits, the better.
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For a communications director he seems sadly inarticulate if he wrote this biography himself.
Mark, I didn’t know about your career in London media. Kept that well hidden.
Alastair – hidden from me too. Maybe I’m in denial. I’ll ask Andrew.
I didn’t know you used to work for Smith Bundy, Mark.
Hugh – I’m not sure when I fitted it in – I wonder whether they taught me to write almost as well as Andrew Gilruth?
Sorry, Could not understand it.
Bill – that won’t be the first thing that GWCT has written that was inexplicable.
Well I read that as Mark Avery has ‘worked for London agencies………….’!!!
Jon – maybe Gilruth wrote the Defra response to Gavin Gamble’s e-petition too? Puzzling and incoherent.
For someone who has communication in his job title, he isn’t very good at it is he?
Jean – but he may be the best they’ve got remember.
All part of getting the ‘message across in the right way’. Ha ha.
Alan – he’s a master of language.
Did a google search Mark, nothing came up about your previous career!
Ben – that’s a relief because I can’t remember it either.
Almost certainly a cut & paste error by an underling. I would be very shocked indeed if the Director of Communications for such an important and high profile organisation was unable to use a computer. Shocked indeed I tell you.
Lots of tongues in cheeks here methinks!
That last sentence is probably grammatical but I would have started a new paragraph and changed ‘he’ to “Andrew’.
I see they followed my advice! Such influence. Now change the bit about Mark’s invitation(s) to Farming Today.
Looks like he’s shot himself in the foot
Incoherent it may be, but what’s more important is he’s worried – seriously worried, and its you and Chris that are worrying him, Mark. Which is just great because he should be worried.
Yes – it’s peculiar that he feels the need to name check Mark and Chris in this way.
The subtitle to his talk ” … getting our message across in the right way” rather begs the question. I guess all those inconvenient raptor corpses is getting the message across in the wrong, but arguably most revealing, way.
Not sure what to make of the Hen Harrier twibbon on his profile pic!
Ben – needs to be reminded of what they look like?
Sorry to be so blunt, but the guy’s an absolute PLONKER! He and all his associates need to get a life and come back down to Earth.
If that was a year 11 English assignment I would have sent it back. Apart from being very muddled, it contains more information about other people than it does about himself.
Very odd!
Sush. Now they have changed it and spoilt the fun.
Not that it is any less weird.
I hope both you and Chris Packham are flattered that he feels the need to namecheck you in his own biography. That’s an acknowledgement as to how imprtant they think you are.
Out of interest, how many times have Farming Today asked you back?
Chris T – once https://markavery.info/2017/06/12/farming-today-2/
Now they’ve fixed some of the grammar, do you reckon we can get them to correct that bit too then? “Mark has repeatedly refused to return to the programme once”, “repeatedly once” or “once repeatedly”!
Regardless, if that’s such a proud achievement he claims it a victory, I reckon GWCT need a new spin doctor, perhaps someone who isn’t obsessed by you and Packham.
I’m relieved to learn you weren’t moonlighting in adland while working for the RSPB. I see two of those three agencies are no longer in business. Must just be coincidence.
Mark, Prasad is correct – they have changed the wording; I followed your link to the Game 2018 list of biographies of speakers – at the Game 2018 conference due to be held at the GWCT HQ, Fordingbridge, on Thu 1 Mar 2018. Tickets are on sale priced £30. What I also found interesting was the participation of NE as joint speakers on the topic ‘Living with Protected Predators’, the GWCT speaker Austin Weldon appears to be highly qualified in legal predator control. I can’t imagine what his contribution to the topic might be!
How bizarre! If we can assume that Gilruth wrote the piece himself, the GWCT has a semi-literate, but sensitive, Communications Director, apparently!
Quite a sweet bromance you have going on there. I hope Andrew has sent you a free ticket.
Anon – no ticket, no chocolates, no flowers, he never phones. Sigh.
lucky escape then Mark, I’m sure Mrs Avery is much relieved!
You’re mentioned in his biog, so as other commentators have remarked you’ve got ’em flustered and long may it continue.
For ‘them’ to have reacted so quickly is indicative of that, and the need to remove another ‘clanger’ very embarrassing? Too much toxic lead in their grouse burgers?
The removal is also evidence (if it were needed) that they stalk your blog?
Couple of other examples of his “comms” from today (spelling?)
@AndrewGilruth 11 hours ago
When shooting ceased at Longhom (a) hen harrier dropped from 22 to 2 nests (b) breeding waders more than halved – all in 6 years.
& also
Remember, as with alcohol, there is no agreed ‘safe’ level of lead in your diet. Make sure you follow FSA advice on eating shot game and the foods that provide the most lead in our diet: bread, vegetables, water etc.
& a #HH twibbon, the campaign is getting through to him?
“First they ignore, then they laugh, then they fight, then we win”
See how they’re now seeking to draw equivalence with alcohol though?
Very odd remarks for a biography. Clearly not enough experience of his own to plug.
Also, I see that Andrew Hoodless is focused on “ensuring sustainable hunting” of Woodcock. Quite how you ensure the sustainable hunting of Woodcock is beyond me.
Personally, I’ve given up entirely on believing that the organised, game rearing industry has any meaningful role to play in wildlife conservation. There are just too many ways in which it has negative impacts on the environment and the sooner our mainstream conservation organisations stop paying lip service to its supposed benefits, the better.