‘We conclude that these data demonstrate that there is a low risk to honey bees from systemic residues in nectar and pollen following the use of thiamethoxam as a seed treatment on oilseed rape and maize‘ – the Syngenta study, October 2013 Most people interested in bees and neonicotinoid pesticides probably won’t read the scientific…
Year: 2017
Guest blog – Neonic analysis by Jeremy Greenwood
Mark writes: This guest blog, by Prof Jeremy Greenwood, rounds off the story of doubts about Syngenta’s analysis of impacts of neonics on bees. Professor Jeremy Greenwood CBE, Hon DSc, CBiol, FRSB is a former Director of the British Trust for Ornithology and is an Honorary Professor attached to the Centre of Ecological and Environmental Monitoring…
Martha
Remember I had that lovely letter from Åsa the other day? Well here is the drawing that arrived in the post the other day. Isn’t that wonderful – what a lovely present! And here is the detail of Martha A Message from Martha by Mark Avery is published by Bloomsbury.
Leaving Dublin
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I’m on my way home from an excellent Irish Raptor Study Group conference, topped up by a visit to Leopardstown.
Oscar Dewhurst – Mallard
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Seeing cold weather forecast overnight, I made sure I was at Richmond Park early the next morning to try and get some images of ducks on the ice. As not all the water on the ponds was frozen, most of the ducks were concentrated in the few remaining areas of water, but I did manage…