Are you holding the date of 25 June, midday, for a picnic on a grouse moor in north Yorkshire? I am. I’m looking forward to it. Apparently this picnic will be in a constituency which has more than 100 signatures on our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting, is in a National Park and is…
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 – The Life of The Robin by David Lack
This book is a classic and has been reissued with an introduction from David Lindo (whose National Bird Vote firmly established the Redbreast as our national bird) and gorgeous artwork by Robert Gillmor (as in the 1965 edition but with a spanking new cover). And this re-issue also has an account of the importance of…
When in doubt – ask Shania Twain!
The RSPB is getting into a bit of a pickle, and that’s a shame. It has had a really bad week with its natural allies and that week comes after a slow slide in confidence throughout 2016 in the organisation’s ability to make a difference on raptor persecution at a policy and advocacy level. The…
Moorland Association – would you trust this lot with your Hen Harriers?
The Moorland Association is the trade union for moorland owners and managers in England. Its membership must include most of the people from whose land 300+ pairs of Hen Harriers are missing because of illegal persecution. They must all have sleepless nights over this (particularly with more and more Hen Harriers being satellite tagged). The…