Lately I have been eating porridge for breakfast. I had forgotten how much I liked it, but there is another reason for having taken it up again. Oats are very good, apparently, at helping to restore gut flora and as I have been recovering from an infection which meant taking an awful lot of antibiotics…
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
Who says we live in a post-truth era?
I’m worried about this post-truth label. It seems to have gathered a lot of credence in a very short period and I don’t like the picture it paints. First though, as was pointed out to me, we haven’t exactly been living in a present-truth world for the last few decades, have we? Have we all…
Please support Chris Packham’s e-petition
Chris Packham’s e-petition calling for a pause in killing of rapidly declining wader species is cantering along again. Before Christmas it passed 17,000 signatures and yesterday it passed both 18,000 and 19,000 signatures. If you haven’t yet signed then maybe your signature will help move it past 20,000 signatures today. Please sign here. And then…
Last and first
The last species of bird I saw in 2016 was Wigeon (although I heard a Coot call a bit later). I was ultimately glad that I went out for a walk instead of sitting in front of a rather dull TV and a rather sparkling log fire – getting out is always worth it even…
This blog in 2017
What does this blog have in store for 2017? an important part of Brexit discussions will be how and whether public money continues to be handed out to land managers – it’s our money and the public deserves a better return for its massive investment the best wildlife sites, on land and at sea, need…