Natural England, the former independent conservation agency which now spends much too much of its time issuing licences to kill wildlife, has issued four licences this year to kill Buzzards, a native species of predator, because they might be causing serious damage to livestock known as Pheasant poults (a non-native species released into the UK…
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
Lawyers accuse MoJ of undermining people’s rights to challenge environmental projects
A press release from legal firm Leigh Day: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 17 NOVEMBER 2016 Lawyers accuse MoJ of undermining people’s rights to challenge environmental projects The Government will publish proposals today (Thursday 17 November 2016) which lawyers claim will seriously restrict the rights of individuals to challenge in the High Court proposals which will…
Breaking news: West Pennine Moors SSSI – at last!
Today NE notified the West Pennine Moors as a new SSSI. Great news. For a more considered view on this, come back later today, or perhaps tomorrow. A case for celebration. Previous blogs on the West Pennine Moors: Natural England seem to have forgotten the West Pennine moors, 2 April 2015; …
This is ludicrous and funny
Oropendola productions – good for them! Oropendola Productions and Playfuel recently delivered an interactive street game for the Manchester Science Festival which took place on the streets of the city in order to raise awareness of the impact and causes of flooding. Think escapes rooms meets crystal maze with a treasure hunt thrown in, all…
Marty Feldman wouldn’t like it
I’ve been meaning to write about another e-petition for ages but somehow haven’t got around to it until now. David Lindo, the Urban Birder, started a petition to make the Robin our national bird following it winning a vote on the same subject (Hen Harrier came an amazing 9th remember). And it has done very…