You have six and a half days, and seven whole evenings to write your entry or entries for this blog’s writing competition. Entries are now coming in and so there will be competition to win! If you would like to win a signed copy of my new book, Remarkable Birds, then write 400-1200 words on…
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
Sunday book review – Badgered to Death by Dominic Dyer
I enjoyed reading this book and I strongly recommend it to you. This is a powerful and stimulating read and it’s bang up to date with the important issue it discusses. It is written by a passionate insider with years of experience. The narrative is pacey and exciting. This book arrived with me on Thursday…
Tim Melling – Agami Heron
Tim Melling: Agami Heron is one of the most beautiful and sought after species in the Neotropics. It is a rainforest species that feeds deeply shaded pools and streams so isn’t usually encountered in the wetlands where all the other herons and egrets occur. We spotted this one sitting quietly over a small woodland pool…
August – a top month
Signatures on our e-petition Can you remember how many signatures our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting had, as we entered August? 68,000. And we left August with 118,000. That’s 50,000 signatures in a month. Did I mention that we had momentum? Wasn’t that phenomenal? Hen Harrier Days, the Inglorious 12th, and the Bird Fair…