This time last week I was in Slovakia – in the Kosice region of eastern Slovakia. Well done to those who guessed correctly but the fact that Poland and Hungary were more popular choices shows that Slovakia has some ground to make up with British birders looking for a bird-rich destination in eastern central Europe. …
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
Technically OK?
A quick question about the performance of this blog (it’s not about whether you like it or not). Does the blog load quickly or not? Have you noticed any change in speed over recent months or not? I’m being offered all sorts of different hosting options and I’d like some feedback before i make any…
Thank you Steve!
I am grateful to Steve Ormerod for his guest blog of yesterday. It was good of him to respond, as he did – he didn’t have to at all. As Steve wrote, the RSPB and I share almost completely common ground on the problems as we see them. Maybe we differ here or there, but…
Where was I? 2
On my recent trip abroad I also saw Clouded Apollo butterfly, Fire Salamander and a tree gnawed down by Beavers. Other birds included River Warbler, Pygmy Cormorant and White-tailed Eagle.
A bit scary
It’s been a bit odd over the last few months – being on the same side of an argument as David Cameron and George Osborne. My instincts are always to take what they say with a pinch of salt (as pictured right) but the size of the pinch just keeps growing as the Brexit/BRemain debate…