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
Defra did something good
It was an easy win – a future partial ban on microbeads – but nonetheless it is very welcome. And understandably Defra has made quite a lot of it – wouldn’t anyone? Have you noticed that the @DefraGovUK Twitter stream has had a definite upgrade – at least in terms of presentation. Defra’s Twitter stream…
120,000 signatures and rising
I’ll be in Sheffield tomorrow and Saturday at the conference where I expect to have a lovely time amongst GWCT, Moorland Association, BASC and Scottish Land and Estates staff. In case they’ve missed it, here is how the constituencies with over 300 signatures stand: Calder Valley 828 High Peak 549 Bristol West 503 Ross, Skye…
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Shooting (and Conservation)
I’ve been wondering which members of parliament are likely to speak in favour of driven grouse shooting in the debate on the subject. Their constituents might well want to give them some Firm Briefing on the facts of the matter and to give them the views of the people who elected them. The All-Party Parliamentary…
News reaches Wales!
James McCarthy of Wales Online tells the shocking tale of lots of poisoned birds of prey being found on the Glanusk Estate near Crickhowell which is owned by the Legge-Bourke family. It’s well worth a read especially as ‘this incident has not been reported until now‘. It is well worth a read. It is well…