I should apologise to my MP, Tom Pursglove for suggesting that his reply to me was rather tardy – it has now arrived and the delay was clearly in the post and in getting from my letter box to me, rather than his fault! He is pretty quick and efficient at replying even though he…
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
Northants gleanings
It’s been good to visit some local sites over the last few days and check up on how Spring is progressing. At Glapthorn Wood on Friday evening it felt more like winter than spring. But a Nightingale sang in brief snatches, and without much enthusiasm: certainly not with ‘full-throated ease’. But he was there and…
RSPB Council – think again
It’s quite some time since I asked the Chair of RSPB Council about the RSPB position on driven grouse shooting – it’s almost 100 weeks ago. And Prof Ormerod was kind enough to reply too (see here). Before launching the current, third, e-petition on driven grouse shooting I went to talk to the RSPB about…
31,000 and rising
Yesterday our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting passed 31,000 signatures. Thank you to everyone who has signed, shared and helped. The ‘100 Club’ of constituencies with at least 100 signatures: Calder Valley 179 signatures – Craig Whittaker MP, CON Ross, Skye, Lochaber 155 signatures – Ian Blackford MP, SNP Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and…
Cry God for Henry, England and St George!
Yesterday was, of course, St George’s Day, Shakespeare’s birthday and Shakespeare’s death day too. So what would be more appropriate than the quote above? Henry, and a group of close friends, gathered in the Peak District to celebrate the day, the achievement of 30,000 signatures for our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting, and the…