I’ll be watching ‘the’ football match this afternoon and wondering whether the result might affect the EU referendum. And if it does – how? If Wales beats England today, and I certainly wouldn’t rule it out, how will that affect English voters in the EU referendum? And Welsh ones, and Scots and those in…
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
Lack of vowels shock, warning by wildlife gunners
The GWCT (Gunning wildlife, conserving tadpoles) thrash around in a complete dither these days. They don’t know whether they are coming or going – quite literally. Having said that they would be pleased to field someone for the Bird Fair debate on whether driven grouse shooting should be banned they have now come back to…
Round up
A few things that have caught my eye: remember microbeads? – Defra minister says UK supports a ban another dead Red Kite found dead in Yorkshire near Blubberhouses – this one was shot Craig Bennett, FoE, on why Brexiteers don’t want to talk about the environment please sign this e-petition to call on Norway…
Moorland Association rattled – keepers take note!
In their June newsletter, the Moorland Association mention to their members that there have been three damaging incidents for the reputation of grouse shooting in recent weeks. The first they describe as the ‘Hen Harrier Decoy Film’ incident – although at the time Amanda Anderson wasn’t sure what she was looking at, saying ‘From the…
That sovereignty thing #Remain
A lot is made by the Brexiteers of taking back our sovereignty. Piffle! And much was made of President Obama’s pronouncements on whether the UK should stay in the EU, and the suggestion was that the USA would never give up its sovereignty in a similar way. Eh? The clue is in the name –…