Tim writes: the Large Heath is Britain’s most variable butterfly. So much so that when it was first discovered in Britain it was named as three different species. They are quite a rare northern butterfly inhabiting peat bogs where their caterpillars feed on Cotton-grasses. This was taken early morning at Winmarleigh Moss in Lancashire where…
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
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What’s not to like?
This is a nice drop of beer and is supporting a good company and a good cause. And it’s really irritating a bunch of unpleasant shooters too.
The new old face at BASC
There have been very titillating rumours of what might be going on inside BASC over the last few weeks including stories of fisticuffs, but it is not for this blog to get too distracted by the travails of others. However, I couldn’t help noticing that the latest nonsense from BASC is not signed off by…