Our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting has just passed 8000 signatures inside 72 hours – that’s fantastic! Thank you! (click here for up to date map of signatures). Which parliamentary constituency will first reach 100 signatures on our e-petition to secure a debate on the future of driven grouse shooting? Given the strong showing…
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
Good for them!
I will probably be voting to remain in the EU – although I am giving it quite a lot of thought. It’s not completely cut and dried. In the car on the way to Cheltenham one day last week (yes, thanks for asking – I had a great time and made money overall) the discussion…
Just six constituencies (and now five)
Hello out there! Does anybody know a friend in any of these six constituencies – the only ones that don’t have a single signature to ban driven grouse shooting at the moment: West Tyrone Sinn Fein Now has a signature Ealing North Labour Battersea Conservative Bexleyheath and Crayford Conservative Barking Labour Aldridge Brownhills Conservative…
Thank you In Focus and Zeiss!
I’ve been slightly on edge for a while as I’ve been waiting for my treasured binoculars to be returned to me – and, as you know, I’m heading to Israel at the end of the week. When I say that my binoculars are treasured you might wonder, in that case, why I keep dropping them…
This sounds very bad
Hen Harrier “Lad” found dead on Speyside – read the full RSPB account Slight doubt about whether it was shot or not? Estate not named – quite rightly. see also blog by Raptorpersecutionscotland