Author: Mark

This beautiful psychedelic Hen Harrier was drawn by Sue Brewer who writes: ‘I’m a writer, most of my books are on collectables or are novels, but I’m intending shortly to bring out a natural history themed book. I am very interested in the natural world – as a toddler I used to collect caterpillars, hunt…

Yesterday’s unfolding story of the blue plaque attached to a multi-millionaire’s shooting hut seemed to catch the imagination of many of you. In brief, there’s a blue plaque celebrating a Sport England funding award on a building that received no such award. This blog can imagine the building and its plaque becoming a tourist attraction…

In the October issue of Birdwatch magazine (available in all good newsagents, by subscription and in digital format) readers will find a cut-out letter to send to their MPs asking them to ask Defra what measures the government intends to put forward in the Westminster Hall debate on banning driven grouse to deal with the…

This morning I blogged about this plaque on this building in the North York Moors National Park. The building is a shooting hut or lodge and the plaque is one of those that indicates funding from the Lottery – in this case through Sport England. I’m grateful to the media team in Sport England for…

Online e-petitions are becoming a major way that opposition to government policy is now voiced.  Certainly they are vying with wildlife NGOs, journalism and the opposition political parties as the main voice of public criticism. It is striking how many of the e-petitions on the Westminster parliament website are about wildlife and wildlife protection. Here’s…