Author Archives: Mark
Bird Fair Day 2 – in the bag
I had more beer, more conversations with nice people and went to some great talks – not all the talks I had planned to attend but a good proportion of them. I missed Mark Carwardine’s talk but got to the joint effort by Chris Packham, Ruth Peacey, Ruth Tingay (of Raptor Persecution Scotland), BirdLife Malta’s […]
Tim Melling – Scotch Argus
Tim writes: I visited Smardale Gill in Cumbria in late July and managed to find several Scotch Argus (Erebia aethiops) butterflies just emerging. This male is absolutely pristine with not a scratch nor scale out of place. It still has that iridescent bloom that freshly emerged butterflies show, but which disappears after a few […]
Bird Fair 2017 – Day 2 and Ralph’s cartoon
Day 2 – this looks like another excellent day. My plan: 1000-1045 Mark Carwardine EVENTS MARQUEE Was it really the last chance to see? 1100-1145 Chris Packham plus EVENTS MARQUEE Tales from the frontline of conservation 1500-1545 Stephen Moss chair EVENTS MARQUEE Bird Brain of Britain – as a previous winner (!) I […]
Bird Fair 2017 – Day 1 in the bag
Day 1 of the Bird Fair just flew past – and much of it went more or less to plan. Gave away my spare 3-day ticket (with the plea that the recipient spent some money on the BAWC stand) TICK! Queued in the car but not at the gate – excellent! TICK!! Found Ruth Miller […]